Overview

Poet Laureate Selection, Special - 49th R.S. (1945)

Committee Members

William Raleigh Chambers
Thomas Walter Deen
Grady Hazlewood
Sterling J. Parrish
Ben Ramsey
Will L. Smith

Charges

Appoint and designate some outstanding and recognized poet who is a citizen of Texas, who shall be Poet Laureate of the State of Texas for a period of two (2) years from such appointment and designation.

Notes

Appointed by Lieutenant Governor 1/31/1945 and Speaker 2/12/1945, pursuant to SCR 6.

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