Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Fifty-Sixth Legislature Page: 104
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Senator Herring offered the following resolution:
(Senate Resolution 43)
Whereas, In the passing of Howell Jordan, on the seventh day of
January, 1959, the State of Texas, and in particular Travis County,
lost one of its most outstanding citizens; and
Whereas, Howell Jordan was a distinguished member of the pro-
fession of pharmacy and served as a member of the State Board of
Pharmacy for thirteen years, was a past president and chairman of
the executive committee of the National Association of Boards of
Pharmacy; and
Whereas, He was a well-known civic and business leader and opened
the first of a chain of drug stores, Bray and Jordan, in Austin, Texas,
in 1933; and
Whereas, He was a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Ben Hur
Shrine and a member of the Austin and Texas Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciations; and
Whereas, Howell Jordan served his community and his State well,
giving unstintingly of his time and energy in the interest of civic
betterment; and
Whereas, Howell Jordan is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rosie Jordan
of Austin; one brother, Howard Jordan of Spicewood; and one sister,
Mrs. Robert Fourqurean of San Marcos; and
Whereas, It is the desire of the Senate of the Fifty-sixth Legis-
lature of the State of Texas to pay tribute to the memory of this
distinguished citizen; now therefore be it
Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today it do so in his
memory and that a page in the permanent Journal of the Senate be
devoted to the recording of this resolution; and be it further
Resolved, That an enrolled copy of this resolution be sent to the
surviving members of his family as a token of respect and sympathy.
The resolution was read and was adopted by a rising vote of the
Senate._ __
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