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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Retired educator and choir director Evelyn Foster |
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Hamilton of Dallas is being honored by the Omicron Mu Omega chapter |
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of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., on January 31, 2015, for a half |
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century of dedicated service; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Tyler, Ms. Hamilton graduated from |
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Emmett Scott High School and received her bachelor's degree in |
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music at Wiley College; she later earned a master's degree in music |
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education at Louisiana Tech University and a mid-management |
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certification from Texas Woman's University, where she also studied |
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counseling; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her exemplary career in |
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education, Ms. Hamilton served as director of a number of |
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award-winning choirs, including the Maurine F. Bailey Concert Choir |
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at Lincoln High School, which she took to the International Youth |
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and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, in 1983; she served the |
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Dallas Independent School District as vocal music specialist for |
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all grades, and she retired as assistant principal of Seagoville |
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Elementary School; in addition, she is a former president of a |
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chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for women |
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educators, and she has been a chapter president and regional music |
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chair for Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Hamilton's lifelong association with Alpha |
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Kappa Alpha began in grade school, and she was officially inducted |
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into the sorority at Wiley College; she later joined chapters in |
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Shreveport, Longview, and Dallas, where she helped to found the |
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Omicron Mu Omega chapter; she served the group as its first |
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president, and she has written several musical compositions for the |
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chapter as well as for the sorority's International Membership |
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Committee; today, she is chair of the South Central Region Time and |
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Place Committee and a member-at-large advisor for the Omicron Mu |
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Omega chapter; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her endeavors, Ms. Hamilton has enjoyed |
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the love and support of her husband, Leon Hamilton, and her son, |
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Leon Edric Hamilton Jr.; she is a member of St. Luke Community |
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United Methodist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Evelyn Hamilton has demonstrated a lasting |
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commitment to Alpha Kappa Alpha, and she may take great pride in |
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this well-deserved recognition from her fellow members; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Evelyn Foster Hamilton for being |
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honored by the Omicron Mu Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha |
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Sorority, Inc., and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Hamilton as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |