H.R. No. 769
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, Workman Publishing Company, the creation of highly
    1-2  respected entrepreneur Peter I. Workman, is celebrating its 25th
    1-3  anniversary in 1993; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, Mr. Workman was born on October 19, 1938, in New
    1-5  York City and attended Yale University; his love of the written
    1-6  word led him to seek employment with the New York Daily News where
    1-7  he began as a copy boy; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, Undeterred by the precarious nature of the
    1-9  publishing industry, he established Workman Publishing Company in
   1-10  1968, with the Yoga 28-Day Exercise Plan being the initial project
   1-11  to appear under that now renowned imprint; and
   1-12        WHEREAS, Among the Workman Publishing Company books that have
   1-13  achieved bestseller status by selling more than a million copies
   1-14  are The Preppy Handbook, Kliban's Cat, The Silver Palate Cookbook,
   1-15  The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, What to Expect When You're
   1-16  Expecting, and What to Expect the First Year; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, Other Workman bestsellers include Book of Questions,
   1-18  Bones Book and Skeleton, Brain Quest, Bug Book & Bottle, New Basics
   1-19  Cookbook, All I need To Know I Learned From My Cat, and The Texas
   1-20  Handbook, and the company also originated the innovative and
   1-21  immensely popular Page-A-Day Calendars; and
   1-22        WHEREAS, A devoted husband and father, he has been supported
   1-23  in all his many endeavors by his wife, Carolan, and their two
   1-24  daughters, Katie and Elizabeth; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, Workman Publishing Company consistently has striven
    2-2  to provide the reading public with publications that inform and
    2-3  entertain, and the many unique contributions of this exceptional
    2-4  company in the field of publishing have indeed earned the company
    2-5  and its founder special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be
    2-6  it
    2-7        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
    2-8  Legislature hereby congratulate Peter I.  Workman on the momentous
    2-9  occasion of Workman Publishing Company's 25th anniversary and
   2-10  acknowledge that enterprise's exceptional contributions to the
   2-11  publishing field with best wishes for continued success in the
   2-12  future; and, be it further
   2-13        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-14  prepared for Peter I. Workman as an expression of high regard by
   2-15  the Texas House of Representatives.
   2-16  the Texas House of Representatives.
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   2-18                                                      H.R. No. 769
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   2-20                                            Speaker of the House
   2-21        I certify that H.R. No. 769 was adopted by the House on May
   2-22  28, 1993, by a non-record vote.
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   2-24                                          Chief Clerk of the House