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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Teaching is a profession that calls for character, |
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passion, and commitment, and Deborah W. Seigman demonstrated these |
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qualities in abundance throughout her outstanding career that |
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spanned nearly three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Deborah Seigman met her future husband, James |
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Seigman, during their senior year at Liberty High School in |
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; although they attended different |
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colleges, they never lost contact with each other; the couple |
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exchanged wedding vows in 1958, and they went on to spend more than |
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six happy decades together before Mr. Seigman's death in 2020; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Seigman served as a lieutenant colonel with the |
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U.S. Army Signal Corps, and over the course of some 27 years, he and |
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Mrs. Seigman traveled the world together, all while raising their |
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seven children, Lisa, Michele, James, William, Anne, Thomas, and |
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Mary; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Mrs. Seigman enjoyed a |
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successful career of her own; initially teaching at Killeen High |
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School from 1975 until 1986, she went on to serve as an instructor |
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at the Department of Defense Dependent School System at Yokota Air |
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Base High School in Japan while her husband was stationed there; she |
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returned to Killeen High in 1990, teaching at the campus until she |
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retired in May 2004; retirement has afforded her the opportunity to |
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spend more time with her family, which has grown to include 21 |
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grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Deborah Seigman made a lasting and positive |
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difference in the lives of countless students both in Texas and |
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overseas, and she may indeed reflect with pride on her exceptional |
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record of service; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Deborah W. Seigman for her exemplary |
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career in education and extend to her sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Seigman as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |