By:  Black                                             H.R. No. 676
       73R10361 PAN-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, On May 5, 1948, our distinguished colleague, the
    1-2  Honorable Alvin Roy Granoff, first entered this world, and the
    1-3  members of this chamber would like to take a moment to honor him on
    1-4  this significant occasion and to thank him for wearing a more
    1-5  appropriate birthday suit as he labors with us today; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, A native New Yorker, Mr. Granoff became a resident
    1-7  of the Lone Star State and successfully overcame his quiet and
    1-8  unassuming Northeastern nature to run for office, first winning
    1-9  election to the house as a member of the 68th Legislature; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, Since winning office, this respected attorney has
   1-11  done time as a member of the Committees on Corrections, Criminal
   1-12  Jurisprudence, and Law Enforcement and also was sentenced to hard
   1-13  labor as vice-chairman of the Committee on Government Organization
   1-14  and as chairman of the Committee on State, Federal, and
   1-15  International Relations; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, As self-designated Chairman in Charge of
   1-17  International Good Will, Mr. Granoff has bent over backwards to
   1-18  establish "friendship and commerce" relationships with virtually
   1-19  every country on the planet; a serious world traveler himself, his
   1-20  office in the Capitol extension houses an extensive collection of
   1-21  Asian Art, though black-velvet samurai are not to everyone's
   1-22  liking; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, Despite his eclectic taste, Mr. Granoff is actually
   1-24  a humble man of the soil who has unearthed a number of
    2-1  well-thought-out solutions to problems of great import to the state
    2-2  during his tenure in this chamber; and
    2-3        WHEREAS, The owner of Pecan Hill farm in southeast Dallas
    2-4  County, Mr. Granoff has furnished his country home in Chip n' Dale
    2-5  furniture and remains bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the prospect
    2-6  of time spent working on the estate; and
    2-7        WHEREAS, It gives the members of this chamber great pleasure
    2-8  to sing the praises of this fine gentleman on the occasion of his
    2-9  birthday, though we wish Simon and Theodore could have been here to
   2-10  provide high-pitched harmony; now, therefore, be it
   2-11        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
   2-12  Legislature hereby extend warmest best wishes to the Honorable
   2-13  Alvin Roy Granoff for a very happy birthday; and, be it further
   2-14        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-15  prepared for Mr. Granoff as an expression of high regard by his
   2-16  colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives.