1. Esther Gonzalez-Arroyo Buckley was an educator in Laredo, Texas, USA, who from 1983 to 1992 was one of the eight members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
23 Facts About Esther Buckley
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Esther Buckley was appointed to the board by US President Ronald W Reagan.
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Esther Buckley completed her studies three years ahead of the classmates with whom she had entered the first grade in the fall of 1954.
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Esther Buckley received much recognition during her forty-two years in professional education.
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Esther Buckley was a member of the Association of Texas Professional Educators and the secretary in the regional office for that group.
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In 2010, Esther Buckley was a finalist in the "Best in Texas Education" award from H-E-B Foods.
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Esther Buckley received the "One Class at a Time" award from the Laredo Federal Credit Union.
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Esther Buckley was considered a conservative member in general agreement with Reagan's social policies while she served on the commission, an advisory and investigatory board originally established through the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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Esther Buckley had no direct experience in dealing with civil rights issues, opposed the defeated Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution and objected to school busing, quotas, and affirmative action as proper methods to level the playing field for minorities in competition with whites in matters of education and employment.
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Esther Buckley was replaced on the commission in December 1992, when in his last days in office President Bush tapped another Republican woman, Constance Horner, a former chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission, to fill the position.
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Esther Buckley was a board member of her local Battered Women's Shelter.
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Esther Buckley was an aide to former Laredo Mayor Aldo Tatangelo during Tatangelo's first term in office from 1978 to 1982.
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Elmer Esther Buckley served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.
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Esther Buckley was active in Republican political campaigns for Governor Clements, US Senators John Tower, Phil Gramm, and Kay Bailey Hutchison, and US Presidents Ford, Reagan, and the two Bushes.
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Elmer Esther Buckley was preceded in death by his first wife, Barbara Esther Buckley, and one son.
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Esther Buckley worked very long, grueling hours alongside election officials, candidates, volunteers, and others in a patient yet firm, demanding manner.
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Esther Buckley was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Webb County fifteen miles north of Laredo.
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James Esther Buckley sustained a broken forearm and bruising and was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
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Services for Esther Buckley were held at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Laredo.
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Esther Buckley said that her purpose in life was to teach with intensity and strength because it was God's will that she do so, even though she was well past eligibility for teacher retirement.
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Esther Buckley's connection to the Republican Party, she said was an outgrowth of her religious philosophies and family upbringing.
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Esther Buckley earned her master's degree from the institution when it was known as Laredo State University.
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On March 28,2014, Esther Buckley was posthumously honored with inclusion into the Martin High School "Tiger Legends".