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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Jean Williams Barac, who died July 27, |
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2021, at the age of 94; and |
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WHEREAS, Jean Barac was born on August 31, 1926, in |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; she grew up in Austin and attended |
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Austin High School, and she earned a degree in English from The |
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University of Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, She became an integral part of the Central Texas |
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arts and literary scene in the 1950s, and she counted as her |
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friends and contemporaries such figures as Kelly Fearing, |
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Michael Frary, Bill Hoey, Robert Benton, Franklin Gilliam, and |
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Bill Brammer; and |
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WHEREAS, She enjoyed a long and varied professional career |
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as an artist, teacher, journalist, writer, and editor; she served |
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as a director of the Laguna Gloria Art Museum, where she |
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established an art school for children, and she also taught art |
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at Saint Stephen's Episcopal School; and |
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WHEREAS, She was an associate editor for Austin Homes and |
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Gardens magazine, and she published numerous pieces in a wide |
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range of regional publications, including Texas Monthly; she was |
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a passionate and adventurous traveler whose journeys included |
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being part of a crew that sailed round-trip between California |
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and Tahiti; and |
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WHEREAS, She was blessed with a wonderful family; her |
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children, Emilie Barac and Theodore Barac, and her grandson, |
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Wilson Barac, were a source of much pride and joy for her; and |
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WHEREAS, Jean Williams Barac was an international Texan, a |
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talented contemporary artist, a single mother, and a singular |
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woman who was ahead of her time at every step of her remarkable |
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life; she lived life as a work of art, always expressing her |
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truest self, and she leaves behind memories that will be |
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cherished forever by all who were privileged to know her; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere |
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condolences to the bereaved family of Jean Williams Barac; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Jean Barac. |