HM 93 — PATRICK FRANCIS TYRRELL, IN MEMORY

HOUSE MEMORIAL 93 53RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION , 2018 INTRODUCED BY Gail Chasey 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REMEMBERING PATRICK FRANCIS TYRRELL AND HONORING HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO SOCIAL WORKERS AND NEW MEXICO.

145 WHEREAS, Patrick Francis Tyrrell, a social worker, educator and activist, was a leader of the effort to enact the state's Social Work Practice Act and was a tireless advocate on e t 17 many fronts, including repeal of the death penalty, the rights w l n d 18 of Native Americans and children and behavioral health care for = = 19 a l all New Mexicans;

and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, Patrick was a graduate of his beloved university a t m m 21 of Notre Dame and received a master of social work degree from d r e 22 Loyola university and master's degrees in education and public c e s k 23 administration from the university of New Mexico;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, Patrick was married to his wife, Maiya, for u [ thirty-seven years;

and .210164.1 WHEREAS, Patrick was a fifth grade teacher at Saint Joseph school, an elementary school in Winslow, Arizona, and then a social worker in Shiprock, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation;

and WHEREAS, Patrick was also the director of the Los Alamos council on alcoholism, where he established new programs to address problems of chemically dependent high school students HM 93 in Los Alamos county;

and Page 1 WHEREAS, Patrick also developed and delivered a community-community-based based substance abuse program, which received the prestigious governor's award for exemplary substance abuse prevention programming;

and WHEREAS, in 2003, Patrick was a part of major unemployment e e 17 reform efforts, and in 2004 and 2005, Patrick helped to e e n d 18 organize campaigns that significantly reduced cuts to medicaid;

= = l ] 19 and a l r i 20 WHEREAS, Patrick collaborated with health action New t e a t Mexico to pass the landmark Patient Protection Act, m m 21 e d r e 22 guaranteeing managed care consumers a bill of rights;

and c e r c 23 WHEREAS, along with the New Mexico human needs e a n b 24 coordinating council, Patrick advocated successfully for the u [ establishment of a public housing trust fund;

and .210164.1 - 2 - WHEREAS, in 2009, Patrick played a significant leadership role with the New Mexico coalition to repeal the death penalty, resulting in the end of capital punishment in New Mexico;

and WHEREAS, Patrick served on many boards of nonprofit organizations, including the New Mexico human needs coordinating council, health action New Mexico, the New HM 93 Page 2 Mexico alcohol program directors association, the New Mexico coalition to repeal the death penalty and the southwest behavioral health independent practice association;

and WHEREAS, throughout the years, Patrick developed close working relationships with New Mexico legislators from both sides of the aisle to educate them on social work issues and e e 17 their impact on New Mexicans and to help draft legislation to e e n d 18 remedy those issues;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, in New Mexico, there are now social workers in a l r i 20 the house of representatives and in the senate who have t e a t benefited from Patrick's mentorship and encouragement to take m m 21 e d r e 22 advocacy to the next level;

and c e r c 23 WHEREAS, Patrick was a pillar in the social work community e a n b 24 and was greatly respected as a leader and an invaluable u [ resource to his colleagues and students and to legislators;

and .210164.1 - 3 - WHEREAS, Patrick was a mentor to many social work students, was a believer in people and fought for the greater good with his unwavering conviction that, together, social workers could make things better for everyone;

and WHEREAS, Patrick died on September 1, 2017, and he will HM 93 Page 3 be greatly missed by everyone who knew and loved him;

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