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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Midland lost an admired business and |
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community leader with the passing of Norbert Joseph Dickman of |
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Midland, who died on March 11, 2020, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Norbert Dickman was born in Chicago on January 2, |
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1943, to Norbert and Helen Dickman and grew up with two sisters, Sue |
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and Kathy; he earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy from |
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St. Patrick's Seminary and his licentiate in theology from the |
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Gregorian University in Rome, and he was ordained as a priest in |
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1968; after leaving the priesthood, he went on to receive his law |
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degree from the University of California Hastings College of the |
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Law and his master of laws degree from Golden Gate University; he |
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began his legal career in San Francisco with the firm of Sullivan, |
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Roche & Johnson before becoming a partner in Mullins, Wise & |
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Dickman; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1985, Mr. Dickman became the personal attorney to |
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Barbara Fasken, and in 1988 he moved to Midland to oversee her |
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interests; after she passed away in 1995, he became the coexecutor |
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and cotrustee of her estate and general manager of Fasken Oil and |
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Ranch, Ltd.; under his leadership, Fasken Oil and Ranch grew from 50 |
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employees to more than 250 and increased its oil production from |
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5,000 barrels per day to 26,000; he also significantly developed |
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the company's ranching and real estate interests across Texas and |
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in the San Francisco Bay area; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply engaged in his community, Mr. Dickman was the |
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director of the Fasken family's charitable Prairie Foundation, and |
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he was active with Casa de Amigos, Trinity School, the Samaritan |
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Counseling Center, and Prevent Blindness Texas, which presented him |
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with the Person of Vision Award in 2005; his long association with |
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the Buffalo Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America earned him |
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their Distinguished Citizen award in 2018, and his other accolades |
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included being named a Tejano Achiever, honorary president of the |
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Republic of the Rio Grande, and Mr. South Texas; he was also a |
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knight commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of |
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Jerusalem; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Dickman enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Dedria, and his three children, Michael, |
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Matthew, and Jennifer, and stepson, Spencer; he was later blessed |
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with seven grandchildren, Logan, Ford, Reagan, Grace, Sloan, Kalan, |
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and Milly; and |
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WHEREAS, Compassionate, generous, and wise, Norbert Dickman |
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lived a life that was rich in personal and professional |
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achievements, and he leaves behind a record of service that his |
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loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute |
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to the memory of Norbert Joseph Dickman and extend heartfelt |
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sympathy to his family and many friends; and, be 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 House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Norbert Dickman. |