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After the war, Cummings attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and the University of Houston and accumulated enough semester hours to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in transportation. On June 25, 1949, at the First Methodist Church of Houston, Cummings married the former Dorothy Hensley, a native of Newnan, [[Georgia]]), and a receptionist and switchboard operator. The couple had two children, David Malcolm Cummings (born 1950) and Karen Ann Cummings Garrett (born 1952), and two grandsons, Russell Bennett Lang and Carl Thompson Norwood.<ref name=obit/>​

After the war, Cummings attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and the University of Houston and accumulated enough semester hours to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in transportation. On June 25, 1949, at the First Methodist Church of Houston, Cummings married the former Dorothy Hensley, a native of Newnan, [[Georgia]]), and a receptionist and switchboard operator. The couple had two children, David Malcolm Cummings (born 1950) and Karen Ann Cummings Garrett (born 1952), and two grandsons, Russell Bennett Lang and Carl Thompson Norwood.<ref name=obit/>​

==Legislative record==​

==Legislative record==

 

In addition to his open meetings and beaches legislation, Cummings procured the passage of legislation to allow public school districts to provide taxpayer-funded kindergartens. He fell short in his attempt to provide a life sentence without parole for certain violent crimes committed with a firearm. Cummings obtained passage of a bill supported by the [[interest group]], the Texas Nurses Association, which formalized professional practices. He obtained the first "work release" program that authorized non-violent criminals to work outdoors, a measured supported by the Texas Fish Farmers Association. Cummings served on the House Appropriation, Parks and Wildlife, Transportation, House Administration, and Penitentiary committees. He was vice chairman of the Public Education Committee. His legislative tenure corresponded with the first two terms of [[Governor]] [[John Connally]].<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/statesman/Obituaries.asp?Page=Notice&PersonID=107966357|title=Russell Bennett Cummings|publisher=''The Austin American-Statesman''|accessdate=March 19 2009}}</ref>​

In addition to his open meetings and beaches legislation, Cummings procured the passage of legislation to allow public school districts to provide taxpayer-funded kindergartens. He fell short in his attempt to provide a life sentence without parole for certain violent crimes committed with a firearm. Cummings obtained passage of a bill supported by the [[interest group]], the Texas Nurses Association, which formalized professional practices. He obtained the first "work release" program that authorized non-violent criminals to work outdoors, a measured supported by the Texas Fish Farmers Association. Cummings served on the House Appropriation, Parks and Wildlife, Transportation, House Administration, and Penitentiary committees. He was vice chairman of the Public Education Committee. His legislative tenure corresponded with the first two terms of [[Governor]] [[John Connally]].<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/statesman/Obituaries.asp?Page=Notice&PersonID=107966357|title=Russell Bennett Cummings|publisher=''The Austin American-Statesman''|accessdate=March 19 2009}}</ref>​

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==Jaycees president==

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