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This Resolution, passed by the Senate of the State of Texas, formally honors and remembers Robert L. Marquardt, a significant philanthropist and entrepreneur who passed away on January 14, 2012, at the age of 86. The resolution details his life, beginning with his early entrepreneurial spirit in Dayton, Ohio, and his service as a midshipman in the United States Merchant Marine and Navy during World War II. It highlights his academic achievements, including bachelor's and doctoral degrees in business, and his career at Thiokol Chemical Corporation, where he helped establish an education division and initiated work with the federal Department of Labor's Job Corps Centers. In 1980, he founded Management and Training Corporation (MTC), which grew to employ approximately 9,200 people and became the largest operator of Job Corps Centers and the third-largest operator of private correctional institutions in the nation. The resolution also acknowledges his extensive philanthropic contributions to community projects like Beus Pond Nature Park, George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park, and the Ogden River Parkway, as well as his personal interests. Finally, the Senate extends its sincere condolences to his wife, Annette, his children, and grandchildren, and resolves to prepare a copy of this Resolution for his family and to adjourn in his memory.