H.R. No. 405
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the
  death of Donald Benjamin Fielding of Dallas, who passed away on
  January 20, 2017, at the age of 94; and
         WHEREAS, Donald Fielding was born in Dallas on July 7, 1922;
  he graduated from Forest Avenue High School as valedictorian at the
  age of 15, and that same year he enrolled in the Wharton School at
  the University of Pennsylvania, in pursuit of a career in the
  foreign service; and
         WHEREAS, After graduating from the Wharton School in 1942,
  Mr. Fielding attended the University of Havana briefly before his
  induction into the U.S. Army; he attended the Infantry Officer
  Candidate School and went on to serve as an operations and training
  staff officer until his discharge at the rank of second lieutenant
  in 1946; and
         WHEREAS, Following his return to Dallas, Mr. Fielding joined
  the family business, National Shoes, where he worked for 42 years,
  opening several additional locations in 1958, 1968, and 1977;
  National Shoes was the oldest family-owned business in downtown
  Dallas at the time, and, thanks to Mr. Fielding, the first downtown
  retail establishment to hire an African American salesman; the
  business also joined with a charity, Brother Bill's Helping Hand,
  to provide shoes to needy children; and
         WHEREAS, A powerful voice in Dallas politics from the 1960s
  until the 1990s, Mr. Fielding took a particular interest in
  education; he played a leading role in the establishment of the
  Citizens' Committee for Better Schools and the League for
  Educational Advancement in Dallas, which provided textbooks to poor
  and underserved students in South and West Dallas, and he founded
  Operation Employment, a Neighborhood Youth Corps project that
  helped school dropouts obtain meaningful and productive work; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Fielding also helped found Citizens for
  Representative Government, a group that was instrumental in pushing
  for single-member districts; an active participant in the civil
  rights movement, he marched for the integration of the Piccadilly
  Cafeteria; he held several leadership positions in the Boy Scouts
  of America, including chair of the High Trail Scout District, and he
  started the first Hispanic Boy Scout troop in West Dallas;
  moreover, he was the author of a book, Assassination and Education:
  A Guide to Dallas; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Fielding married Virginia Lee Tipton in 1950,
  and they shared a rewarding union that spanned 63 years, until her
  death in 2013; the couple were the proud parents of four children,
  Ronnie, Linda, B. Donald, and Paul, and they were blessed with many
  grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and
         WHEREAS, A devoted family man and an engaged citizen, Donald
  Fielding lived a life rich with purpose, and he leaves behind a
  record of service that his loved ones can remember with pride; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Donald Benjamin
  Fielding and extend sincere condolences to his relatives and
  friends; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
  Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Donald
  Fielding.
 
  Button
  Burkett
  Villalba
  Meyer
 
 
Straus Goldman Oliverson
 
Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
 
Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
 
Alvarado Gooden Parker
 
Anchia Guerra Paul
 
Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
 
Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
 
Arévalo Hefner Phillips
 
Ashby Hernandez Pickett
 
Bailes Herrero Price
 
Bell Hinojosa Raney
 
Bernal Holland Raymond
 
Biedermann Howard Reynolds
 
Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
 
Bohac Hunter Roberts
 
Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
 
Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
 
Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
 
Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
 
Burrows Kacal Sanford
 
Button Keough Schaefer
 
Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
 
Canales King of Parker Schubert
 
Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
 
Clardy Klick Sheffield
 
Coleman Koop Shine
 
Collier Krause Simmons
 
Cook Kuempel Smithee
 
Cortez Lambert Springer
 
Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
 
Craddick Lang Stickland
 
Cyrier Larson Stucky
 
Dale Laubenberg Swanson
 
Darby Leach Thierry
 
Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
 
Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
 
Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
 
Deshotel Martinez Turner
 
Dukes Metcalf Uresti
 
Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
 
Elkins Miller Villalba
 
Faircloth Minjarez Vo
 
Fallon Moody Walle
 
Farrar Morrison White
 
Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
 
Frank Murphy Workman
 
Frullo Murr Wray
 
Geren Neave Wu
 
Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
 
Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 405 was unanimously adopted by a rising
  vote of the House on February 14, 2017.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House