By Lewis of Orange                                     H.R. No. 206
       74R6005 WMS-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, Rebecca Walker has been chosen Woman of the Year for
    1-2  1994 by the Quota Club of Port Arthur for her many significant
    1-3  contributions as an educator and community leader; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, A native of Alabama, she relocated with her family
    1-5  to Port Arthur at an early age and was graduated from Port
    1-6  Neches-Groves High School; and
    1-7        WHEREAS, This exceptional individual pursued her higher
    1-8  education at Lamar University, where she attained her bachelor of
    1-9  science degree in 1968, and went on to receive her master's degree
   1-10  in guidance and counseling from McNeese State University; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, She began her career as an educator at Port
   1-12  Neches-Groves High School in 1968 as director of the Indianettes;
   1-13  two years later she took her talents to Taft Elementary School,
   1-14  where she instituted the school's first physical education program;
   1-15  and
   1-16        WHEREAS, In 1971 she resigned from her position to devote
   1-17  time to the rearing of her family, but her love of teaching was
   1-18  such that she returned to the classroom in 1980, first at Van Buren
   1-19  Elementary School as a physical education instructor and later at
   1-20  Port Neches Elementary School as a fifth grade teacher; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, After subsequently serving as a counselor at Groves
   1-22  Elementary School, she was promoted to the position of principal at
   1-23  Van Buren Elementary School in 1988; as a result of her superlative
   1-24  efforts in that demanding position, Van Buren was ranked among the
    2-1  top 10 elementary schools in the state, and Mrs. Walker was chosen
    2-2  Texas Elementary School Principal of the Year for 1992-1993 for
    2-3  Region V, an honor for which she was nominated by her faculty; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, Mrs. Walker has sought to broaden her level of
    2-5  professional expertise through active membership in such
    2-6  organizations as the Sabine Neches Association for School Boards
    2-7  and Administrators and the Texas Elementary Principals and
    2-8  Supervisors Association; she also is a life term member of the PTA
    2-9  and recently completed her superintendent certification
   2-10  requirements at Stephen F. Austin State University; and
   2-11        WHEREAS, Throughout her productive life she has received the
   2-12  love and support of her husband, Douglas Walker, and her children
   2-13  Tara, Sharla, and Reagan; and
   2-14        WHEREAS, Rebecca Walker has set an inspiring example of
   2-15  leadership and professional excellence throughout her career as an
   2-16  educator, and in recognition of her many achievements it is indeed
   2-17  fitting that she be given special legislative recognition; now,
   2-18  therefore, be it
   2-19        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
   2-20  Legislature hereby congratulate Rebecca Walker on her well-deserved
   2-21  designation as 1994 Woman of the Year by the Quota Club of Port
   2-22  Arthur and extend to her best wishes for continued success; and, be
   2-23  it further
   2-24        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-25  prepared for Rebecca Walker as an expression of high regard by the
   2-26  Texas House of Representatives.