R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to join 1-2 the Port Arthur community in honoring Dorothy M. Ingram for her 1-3 outstanding service as an educator; in recognition of the many 1-4 contributions she has made through the years, her family and 1-5 friends will join to celebrate her achievements at a banquet held 1-6 in her honor on April 12, 1997, and this tribute is indeed 1-7 well-deserved; and 1-8 WHEREAS, A native of Port Arthur, Miss Ingram attended 1-9 Prairie View A&M University and had a profound effect on public 1-10 education for 40 years as both a teacher and an administrator with 1-11 the local school district; and 1-12 WHEREAS, She served as a positive role model to countless 1-13 Texans as principal of Carver Elementary School from 1952 to 1972, 1-14 and she continued to effectively address a host of important issues 1-15 as principal of both Pease and Wheatley elementary schools before 1-16 retiring in 1975; and 1-17 WHEREAS, This esteemed educator has generously shared her 1-18 wealth of expertise with others in leadership capacities with the 1-19 Port Arthur Chapter of the Retired Teachers Association and the 1-20 Southeast Texas District Principals and Supervisors Association; 1-21 and 1-22 WHEREAS, Her remarkable accomplishments will long endure, for 1-23 a college scholarship has been established in her name, enabling a 1-24 deserving student to follow in her footsteps in this rewarding 2-1 profession; and 2-2 WHEREAS, Miss Ingram has further worked for the betterment of 2-3 her community through her involvement in many civic and political 2-4 organizations, including the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, the 2-5 Jefferson County Democratic Women's Club, and the Boy Scouts, and 2-6 her remarkable involvement has earned her the heartfelt gratitude 2-7 of many in the community; and 2-8 WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, she has been sustained by her 2-9 deep faith as a member of Mount Sinai Baptist Church, and she has 2-10 shared her devotion with others as an organist for St. Mark 2-11 Lutheran Church; and 2-12 WHEREAS, Dorothy Ingram has enhanced the quality of life in 2-13 Port Arthur in countless ways, and her exceptional commitment is a 2-14 source of inspiration to all who are privileged to know her; now, 2-15 therefore, be it 2-16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-17 Legislature hereby commend Dorothy M. Ingram for her exemplary 2-18 civic and professional involvement and extend to her warmest best 2-19 wishes for continued success and happiness in the future; and, be 2-20 it further 2-21 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-22 prepared for Miss Ingram as an expression of high regard by the 2-23 Texas House of Representatives. Price Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 575 was adopted by the House on April 8, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House