General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature Page: 61
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RESOLUTIONS
Silber Swanson Ward
Simmons Tarbox Wayne
Slack Traeger Wieting
Slider Truan Williams
Solomon Tupper Williamson
Spurlock Uher Wolff
Stewart Vale Wyatt
Stroud Von Dohlen
Unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on March 29, 1972;
unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the Senate on March 29,
1972.
Filed with the Secretary of State, March 31, 1972.
MEMORIAL-WILLIAM FRITZ
H. C. R. No. 11
WHEREAS, Citizens of Austin, The University of Texas community,
and the entire State of Texas were greatly saddened by the loss of one of
their most beloved and distinguished fellow citizens in the passing on
Wednesday, February 9, 1972, of William Fritz, eminent authority in
property law and professor at The University of Texas School of Law; and
WHEREAS, Born February 13, 1911, at Ganado, the early career of
Professor Fritz was devoted to teaching in the secondary schools in Texas;
he taught English and Spanish at Flatonia High School in 1935-37 and
English at Waco High School in 1937-42; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Fritz served in the anti-aircraft artillery for two years
during World War II, after which he enrolled in The University of Texas
School of Law; and
WHEREAS, While pursuing his legal education, Mr. Fritz was editor-
in-chief of the Texas Law Review and was elected to the Chancellors, Or-
der of the Coif, and Phi Delta Phi, all of which are honorary organiza-
tions of the Law School; and
WHEREAS, Upon receiving his law degree in 1946, he became an as-
sistant professor at the Law School; he was promoted to associate profes-
sor in 1949, and to full professor in 1956; and
WHEREAS, Professor Fritz held the Vinson, Elkins, Searls and Smith
Professorship in Law at the time of his death; he was widely recognized
as a leading authority in the field of property law and was the co-author
of two books on law, Cases on Damages and Cases and Materials on Proper-
ty; and
WHEREAS, In addition to teaching at The University of Texas School
of Law, Professor Fritz had been a visiting professor at George Washing-
ton University, University of North Carolina, University of Minnesota,
Southern Methodist University, Vanderbilt University and Rutgers Univer-
sity; he was a Sterling Fellow in Law at Yale University in 1949-50; and
WHEREAS, The passing of this great legal scholar is a great loss not
only to his family and many friends but also to his colleagues in the legal
profession, the members of the Texas Legislature and the State of Texas;
on numerous occasions, Professor Fritz advised and worked with the leg-
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