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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Anwar family was honored at the annual West |
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Texan by Nature event hosted by the Sibley Nature Center in Midland |
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on September 21, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, The Sibley Nature Center celebrates the natural |
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history of West Texas at a 49-acre site in Hogan Park in Midland; |
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the center presented the Anwar family with its West Texan by Nature |
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award in recognition of the family's wide-ranging contributions to |
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the community; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Javaid Anwar immigrated |
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to the United States after high school and earned a degree in |
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petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming; he has spent |
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nearly four decades in the oil and gas industry in Texas, and over |
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the course of his career, he has founded several oil and gas |
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exploration companies, started his own oil drilling business, and |
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accumulated various oil leases in the Permian Basin; today, he |
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serves as the owner and president of Midland Energy, Petroplex |
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Energy, and the Western T. Corporation; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Anwar has benefited from |
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the love and encouragement of his wife, Vicky, and the couple's two |
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children, Ryan and Leslie, have both grown up to work in the family |
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business; through the years, the Anwars have given of their time and |
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resources to support the oil and gas industry as well as the wider |
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community, and they have donated generously to numerous public |
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universities and charities; and |
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WHEREAS, The members of the Anwar family have proven |
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themselves to be business and civic leaders of great vision and |
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ability, and they may indeed reflect with pride on this prestigious |
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recognition of their years of dedicated service to the community; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the Anwar family on |
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receiving the West Texan by Nature award from the Sibley Nature |
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Center and extend to the members of the family sincere best wishes |
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for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Anwar family as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |