R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Al Ogletree is retiring from his position as head 1-2 baseball coach at the University of Texas-Pan American, bringing to 1-3 a close a superb career that has spanned more than four decades; 1-4 and 1-5 WHEREAS, Coach Ogletree earned his graduate degree from Texas 1-6 A&M University and took his first coaching position at the 1-7 University of Dallas; after only seven years he moved on to Sul 1-8 Ross State University, where he coached for three seasons before 1-9 beginning his long and productive association with the University 1-10 of Texas-Pan American baseball program; and 1-11 WHEREAS, During his 29 years at the University of Texas-Pan 1-12 American, Coach Ogletree built the school's program into one of the 1-13 most respected in the state, and his 1971 team earned a coveted 1-14 trip to the College World Series by shutting-out the Texas 1-15 Longhorns 4-0; and 1-16 WHEREAS, On April 27, 1997, he coached his final home game at 1-17 Jody Ramsey Stadium, and his Bronc team gave their coach a 14-4 win 1-18 over Southwestern Louisiana, bringing his career victory total to 1-19 1,216; and 1-20 WHEREAS, For 41 years, Coach Al Ogletree has tirelessly 1-21 devoted his time and energy to help young baseball players reach 1-22 their full potential and, as he begins his well-deserved 1-23 retirement, he can indeed look back with tremendous pride and 1-24 satisfaction on his exemplary career as a coach; now, therefore, be 2-1 it 2-2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-3 Legislature hereby congratulate Coach Al Ogletree on his remarkable 2-4 tenure with the University of Texas-Pan American and extend to him 2-5 sincere best wishes for a happy and rewarding retirement; and, be 2-6 it further 2-7 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-8 prepared for Coach Ogletree as an expression of high regard by the 2-9 Texas House of Representatives. Hinojosa 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. 896 was adopted by the House on May 13, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House