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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mary Burns Michael is receiving the Outstanding |
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Texan Award for House District 124 from the Texas Legislative Black |
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Caucus on March 19, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, A fitting recipient of this honor, Ms. Michael was |
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born in rural Georgia and earned a bachelor's degree in education |
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from Albany State College in 1955; over the course of her 35-year |
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career, she taught at schools in Georgia and Texas as well as in |
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Japan with the Department of Defense Overseas School System; along |
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the way, she was nominated for many awards, including the Trinity |
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Prize for excellence in teaching, and she received the Shining Star |
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Award, Mentoring Award, and Black Achievement Award for Excellence |
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in Education; she retired in 1992, and the Northside Independent |
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School District in San Antonio named Michael Elementary School in |
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recognition of her many years of service; this beloved educator |
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continues to make frequent visits to the campus and to serve in |
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advisory roles with Northside ISD; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Michael has also found time to give back to the |
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greater community; she volunteered as the unit chaplain for |
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Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Unit 128, where she strove to |
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help veterans in need; as the group's community service chair, she |
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created the Baskets of Joy program at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial |
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and Kerrville VA Medical Centers to provide care packages to |
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veterans staying at those facilities; in addition to her work for |
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the VA, she has held membership in the San Antonio Storytellers, and |
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she is a former consultant for Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Publishers; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Through her myriad contributions, Mary Burns |
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Michael has made a positive difference in the lives of countless |
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Texans, and she is indeed deserving of special recognition for |
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being a force for good in her community; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Mary Burns Michael on her receipt |
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of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black |
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Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; 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 Ms. Michael as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Garcia of Bexar |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 597 was adopted by the House on March |
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31, 2025, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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