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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The death of admired educator Alberto Byington Sr. |
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on July 21, 2012, at the age of 77, brought a great loss to residents |
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of South Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Falfurrias on April 6, 1935, Alberto |
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Byington was the son of Alfredo Byington Sr. and Annabel Cruz |
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Byington; he graduated from Falfurrias High School and served his |
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country in the United States Air Force before going on to complete |
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his bachelor's and master's degrees at Texas A&I University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Byington's career in education spanned nearly a |
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half-century; he began teaching in Falfurrias in 1961, and two |
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years later, he became a principal in Encino; returning to the |
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Brooks County Independent School District, he served as director of |
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federal programs and assistant superintendent, and in 1973, he |
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began a noteworthy 23-year tenure as superintendent; he then served |
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as interim superintendent in Mathis, San Diego, and Ben Bolt-Palito |
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Blanco, where a six-month appointment turned into a seven-year |
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tenure; in addition, he was a Texas Education Agency Monitor for |
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Driscoll ISD; he was asked to return to Brooks County as |
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superintendent and served until 2010, when he retired from the |
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district for a second time; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to his calling, Mr. Byington was a |
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kind mentor to countless people, and he served in numerous |
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leadership roles; he was chair of the University Interscholastic |
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League Waiver Review Board and a member of the UIL State Executive |
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Committee and the Region XIV Music Executive Committee, and his |
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professional affiliations included the Texas State Teachers |
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Association and Texas Association of School Administrators; named |
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Educator of the Month by Texas School Business magazine, he also |
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received the prestigious Golden Molcajete Award from the Mexican |
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American School Board Members Association and the Tejano Service |
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Award, which recognized him as the longest-serving Hispanic |
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superintendent in the state; and |
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WHEREAS, This civic-minded Texan served the wider community |
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as a member of the Brooks County Chamber of Commerce, the Juvenile |
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Board, and the board of the Kingsville Area Educators Federal |
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Credit Union; moreover, he was a valued member of Sacred Heart |
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Catholic Church, where he served as lector; above all, he was a |
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devoted family man; he shared a fulfilling relationship with his |
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wife, Virginia Susana Byington, and he was the proud father of |
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Alberto, Kristina, and Ricardo; and |
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WHEREAS, Alberto Byington was dedicated to providing the |
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children of rural South Texas with a strong foundation on which to |
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build, and his outstanding contributions will remain a source of |
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inspiration to all who were fortunate enough to know him; 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 memory of Alberto Byington |
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Sr. and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; 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 his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Alberto |
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Byington Sr. |