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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue contextHON. HENRY CUELLAR
of texas
in the house of representatives
Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Judge Mercurio Martinez, Jr. of Laredo, Texas, on his retirement from the Laredo College Board of Trustees after more than six decades of service to higher education and the Laredo community.
Judge Martinez began his career in the classroom. He served as a full-time instructor at Laredo Junior College from 1959 to 1968, returned as a part-time instructor in the spring semesters of 1976 and 1978, and taught Business Administration full time from 1982 until June 1987.
School District Board, where he served from June 1973 to March 1977. During part of that time, the LISD Board also governed Laredo Junior College.
Trustees in 1988 and served 24 years on that board across multiple terms.
His public service extended well beyond education. He served on the Laredo City Council from 1978 to 1991 and as Webb County Judge from 1991 to 2002, leading one of the largest counties in Texas.
Mr. Speaker, few people have shaped a community's schools and colleges as long or as directly as Judge Martinez.
for six decades of service to Laredo, and I wish him the very best in his retirement.