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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, November 27, 2023, marks the 60th wedding |
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anniversary of Dr. Walter Wornardt and Ruth Wornardt of Houston, |
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and this joyous event provides a fitting opportunity to reflect on |
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their romantic journey together as husband and wife; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Walter W. Wornardt |
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Jr. received his bachelor's degree in geology from the University |
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of Wisconsin-Madison and went on to earn his doctorate from the |
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Department of Paleontology at the University of California, |
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Berkeley with a National Science Foundation Fellowship; he began |
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his career in the oil and gas industry with Chevron in |
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San Francisco, where he would meet his future wife; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Ruth Chalmers Prentice, a native of |
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Washington, D.C., attended Bible college for two years and |
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completed her registered nursing degree at Alexandria Hospital |
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School of Nursing; in 1960, she relocated to San Francisco; and |
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WHEREAS, After dating for a few years, Dr. and Mrs. Wornardt |
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rendezvoused in Europe and wed in Gibraltar in 1963; Dr. Wornardt |
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was employed by the Esso Production Research Company in Houston |
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from 1965 to 1968 and then by Union Oil Company in California until |
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1977, when he became a professor of geology at the University of |
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Redlands; he worked for ERT Consultants in Denver, Colorado, as |
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well; the couple settled in Houston in 1990, and Mrs. Wornardt |
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worked at the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs |
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Medical Center until her retirement in 2012, after 35 years in |
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nursing; Dr. Wornardt taught at Rice University from 1990 to 1992 |
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while serving as president and CEO of Micro-Strat, Incorporated, |
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for four decades; and |
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WHEREAS, The Wornardts have been active congregants of First |
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Presbyterian Church, and they have also been members of |
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professional groups such as the American Association of Petroleum |
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Geologists, the Petroleum Club, and the Houston Geological Society, |
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as well as of such community organizations as the Houston Opera, the |
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Houston Club, and Toastmasters International; moreover, they are |
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both authors, Dr. Wornardt of The Six-Month Honeymoon, a memoir of |
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their romantic adventure across Europe and through East Africa in |
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their red Triumph Spitfire, and Mrs. Wornardt of Calluses on His |
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Knees, which is about the ministry of her father, Harvey Prentice; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The six decades of marriage that Dr. and |
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Mrs. Wornardt have shared is an eloquent affirmation of the meaning |
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of love and commitment, and their enduring union is an inspiration |
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to all who know them; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Walter |
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Wornardt and Ruth Wornardt on their 60th wedding anniversary and |
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extend to them sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. and Mrs. Wornardt as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |