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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 710
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In Memory |
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Richard F. Ulrich |
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful accomplishments |
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drew to a close with the passing of Dr. Richard F. Ulrich of Tyler |
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on April 4, 2019, at the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 13, 1935, Dick |
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Ulrich was the son of Francis Xavier and Elsie Fuzer Ulrich; |
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after his father died when he was 10 years old, he worked multiple |
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jobs throughout high school and college to help pay for his |
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education; he graduated from Fairview High School in 1953 and |
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went on to earn a degree in chemistry from Xavier University in |
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Cincinnati; after beginning dental school at Northwestern |
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University in Chicago, he obtained his medical degree at Ohio |
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State University in 1964; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Ulrich continued his training as an intern and |
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resident at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, where he met his future |
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wife, Nancy, who was a nurse at the hospital; he was drafted to |
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serve in the Vietnam War in March 1966, and the couple exchanged |
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wedding vows in May before he was deployed to Okinawa; and |
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WHEREAS, After serving as a captain and preventive medical |
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officer in Southeast Asia for the duration of his tour, |
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Dr. Ulrich returned stateside in 1968 and completed his medical |
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residency in St. Louis; he received additional neurology |
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training, earning his board certification in 1972, and then moved |
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with his family to begin a private practice in Lafayette, |
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Louisiana; in 1974, the Ulrichs relocated to Tyler, where |
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Dr. Ulrich practiced for 40 years, before retiring in 2014; he |
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also contributed to his profession as a member of the Smith |
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County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Society, the Texas |
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Neurological Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the |
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American Association of Disability Evaluating Physicians; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Ulrich had a passion for cars and loved |
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working on them in his leisure time; in 1985, he founded the East |
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Texas Auto and Cycle Show, which raised proceeds at first for |
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muscular dystrophy research and later for the East Texas Crisis |
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Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of 52 years of marriage, he and |
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his wife became the proud parents of two sons, Robert and |
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Gregory, and a daughter, Elizabeth, and they were delighted to |
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welcome into their family eight grandchildren, Hudson, Hayden, |
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Paxton, Emma, Kate, Jay, Andrew, and Violet; and |
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WHEREAS, While the passing of Dr. Dick Ulrich brings great |
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sadness to his family and friends, he leaves behind a legacy that |
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will long be treasured by all those who were privileged to know |
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him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Richard |
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F. Ulrich and extend sincere sympathy to his loved ones; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Dick Ulrich. |
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Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 8, 2019, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |