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Poet Laureate Selection, Special - 48th R.S. (1943)

Committee Members
Marshall Odom Bell
William Raleigh Chambers
Joseph Warren Gandy
Karl Lee Lovelady
Fred Mauritz
Kyle Alfred Vick
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.

Note:
Appointed by Lieutenant Governor 3/3/1943 and Speaker 3/10/1943, pursuant to HCR 51. Report printed in House Journal, 48th Legislature, 4/28/1943, pp. 2164-2165.

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