SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 447

In Memory

of

Carroll Sidney Shaddock

WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and commemorates the life of Carroll Sidney Shaddock, who died on December 4, 2022, at the age of 82; and

WHEREAS, Carroll Sidney Shaddock was born on July 7, 1940, in Beaumont to Dr. Carroll Bitting Shaddock Jr. and Hulda Gaertner Shaddock, whose German family emigrated to Texas in 1899; Carroll grew up in Orange and went on to graduate from Rice University in 1962 and Yale Law School in 1965; in 1963, he married the love of his life, Dorothea "Dorry" Schulze; and

WHEREAS, After law school, Carroll clerked for Judge Joe Ingraham of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston; he enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard and received a direct commission as an officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Navy; he then joined the Houston law firm of Liddell, Sapp, now known as Locke, Lord, where he became a partner and practiced for 45 years; and

WHEREAS, A brilliant and determined man who sought to improve his community, Carroll led the movement to reduce the proliferation of billboards on Texas highways, which resulted in the reduction by 90 percent of Houston's billboards, from 15,000 in 1980 to 1,500 today; Carroll was founding chairman of Scenic Houston and Scenic Texas, and he cofounded Trees for Houston, an organization that encouraged the planting of trees and created miles of tree-lined parkways in Houston; his contributions led to the creation of the Texas Department of Transportation's Green Ribbon highway tree-planting program and of Scenic America; and

WHEREAS, An admired visionary and respected leader, Carroll founded the Bach Society Houston and the Melanchthon Institute, a Lutheran theological study center; he and Dorry did much to elevate worship music through their support of the construction of glorious pipe organs at Christ the King Lutheran Church, where they also donated the Bach organ and where he served as congregational president, music director, and chairman of various committees, and to First Lutheran Church of Houston, where he served as choir director; and

WHEREAS, Carroll was a devoted husband and father whose generosity of spirit, warmth, and enthusiasm will not be forgotten; left to cherish his memory are Dorry, his loving wife of 59 years; his three sons, Christian, Peter, and Matthew; his siblings, Peter, Bill, and Gail; his nine grandchildren; and all who were blessed to share in his life; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved family of Carroll Sidney Shaddock; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Carroll Sidney Shaddock.

Whitmire, Alvarado, Bettencourt Huffman, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Miles

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Member, Texas Senate

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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate

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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate

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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate

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President of the Senate

I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on May 10, 2023, by a rising vote.

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Secretary of the Senate