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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The untimely passing of admired professor B. Leigh |
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Browning of Amarillo on April 20, 2015, at the age of 50, brought a |
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tremendous loss to the West Texas A&M University community; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Sweetwater on June 29, 1964, Leigh Browning |
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was the daughter of Winnie Brock and Jerry Browning; she completed |
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her bachelor's degree in Radio-Television-Film at West Texas A&M |
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and went on to earn a master's degree in rhetoric and presidential |
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discourse from Kansas State University and a doctoral degree in |
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advertising from the University of Southern Mississippi; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Browning worked as a radio news director and |
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morning show host, and she was a freelance reporter for CNN and PRS |
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in Japan; in 1991, she joined the West Texas A&M faculty, and under |
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her direction, the school's broadcasting program won a host of |
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awards; she also served as coordinator of Maroon Productions and |
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advisor for KWTS before becoming a professor of marketing and |
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business communication in the College of Business; moreover, she |
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was the Miller Professor of Entrepreneurship; and |
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WHEREAS, A charismatic teacher, Dr. Browning challenged her |
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students to meet high standards, and she was an exceptionally tough |
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but caring mentor; she won the Chancellor's Teaching Excellence |
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Award four times, and the university named her its 2010-2011 |
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Magister Optimus; for more than a decade, she was advisor to the |
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school's chapter of the National Broadcasting Society-Alpha |
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Epsilon Rho, and she was named Advisor of the Year four times; she |
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also received the 2010 Silver Medal from the Amarillo chapter of the |
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American Advertising Federation, and the AAF recognized her body of |
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work with its Mosaic Award; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Browning served as faculty advisor for Enactus, |
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the largest student organization on campus, and in that capacity, |
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she travelled to the State Capitol in 2015 with group members to |
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meet with Representative Four Price regarding legislation to combat |
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the scourge of synthetic drugs; while in Austin, the students |
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completed filming their documentary on the subject, which was |
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ranked among the top 20 films in the National Enactus Expo held in |
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St. Louis, Missouri; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to the community, Dr. Browning was |
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a member of many nonprofit boards and committees; she encouraged |
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her students to volunteer as well and led them in a variety of |
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community service projects; and |
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WHEREAS, Leigh Browning made a meaningful difference in the |
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lives of countless students, and although she will be deeply |
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missed, memories of her kindness, her exuberance, and her passion |
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for her work remain to comfort those she leaves behind; 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 pay tribute to the life of Leigh Browning and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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mother, Winnie Brock, and her stepfather, Garland Brock; to her |
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stepmother, Martha Browning; to her brother, Brett Browning; to her |
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nephew, Brody Browning; to her stepsisters, Christy, Kasie, |
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Steffanie, and Michelle; to her cousins, Danny Lincoln and his |
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wife, Angi, and Christie and Allen Wynn; to her best friend, Sara |
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Northrup; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Leigh |
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Browning. |