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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Denton lost an esteemed resident with |
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the passing of Dr. Bettye Myers on February 18, 2019, at the age of |
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92; and |
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WHEREAS, Bettye Myers was born to Jay and Gladys Myers on |
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September 26, 1926, in Heavener, Oklahoma, where she grew up with |
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the companionship of her brother, William; after high school, she |
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enrolled at Texas Woman's University and graduated in 1946 with a |
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bachelor's degree in health, physical education, and recreation, |
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with a minor in government and sociology; the following year, she |
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earned her master's degree from TWU, and in 1960, she completed her |
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Ph.D. in counseling psychology at the University of Michigan; and |
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WHEREAS, A passionate and accomplished educator, Dr. Myers |
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taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Alabama |
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College, and the University of Michigan, before returning to her |
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alma mater of TWU as a faculty member in 1961; she was the recipient |
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of the TWU Cornaro Award for Outstanding Senior Faculty, among |
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various other accolades recognizing her professional and civic |
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contributions; after her retirement, she was named a professor |
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emerita, and in 2016, the university's butterfly garden was named |
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after her; in addition to her teaching career, she was a |
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sought-after motivational speaker who conducted hundreds of |
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workshops and seminars for audiences in the United States and Guam; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Myers was elected to the Denton Independent |
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School District Board of Trustees, which she went on to serve as |
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president, and the district later honored her with the dedication |
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of a middle school bearing her name; she also benefited numerous |
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other organizations, including AIDS Services of North Texas, the |
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Girl Scouts Cross Timbers Council, the Denton Parks Foundation, the |
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Denton Family Resource Center, Kiwanis International, and the |
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United Way of Denton County; in recognition of her exemplary civic |
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leadership, the City of Denton declared September 26, 2006, as |
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"Bettye Myers Day"; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of 92 years of life well lived, |
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Dr. Bettye Myers distinguished herself as a pillar of both her |
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profession and her community, and she will be fondly remembered and |
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deeply missed by all who had the good fortune to know her; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Bettye Myers |
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and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: to Paula |
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Fawn Daniels, Anita and Jim Trojan, Kay Lynn and David Huddleston, |
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Amy and Matt Thielke, Dr. Ryan Trojan and Kaci Trojan, Dr. Brandon |
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Trojan and Sara Trojan, and Kyle and Rachel Huddleston; to her |
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longtime friends, Robbie Reid, Pat Miller, and Kay Kolb; and to her |
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other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Bettye |
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Myers. |