R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Dr. Louis William "Bob" Conradt, Sr., will be in 1-2 Austin on May 22, 1997, to attend the commencement ceremony of his 1-3 granddaughter, Tracy Cathleen Morgan, and the members of this 1-4 chamber are pleased to welcome him to the Capitol City; and 1-5 WHEREAS, A native Texan, Dr. Conradt was born in Mills County 1-6 on March 9, 1921, and has resided in Terrell since 1947; his 1-7 distinguished 26-year career as a general practitioner came to a 1-8 close in 1973 when he accepted a position as vice president and 1-9 medical director of Blue Cross-Blue Shield; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Dr. Conradt graduated from John Tarleton College in 1-11 Stephenville in 1940 and earned his medical degree from the 1-12 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School four years later; 1-13 while pursuing the latter degree, he also served his country as a 1-14 member of the U.S. Army during World War II, completing his 1-15 military service at El Paso's Fort Bliss in 1947; and 1-16 WHEREAS, This commendable man is a longtime member of the 1-17 Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd and has served on the vestry 1-18 of that institution many times; from 1963 to 1970, he served the 1-19 citizens of Terrell as president of the Terrell Independent School 1-20 District, during which time he oversaw the desegregation of the 1-21 district's schools and directed the construction of several new 1-22 school facilities; and 1-23 WHEREAS, The union of Dr. Conradt and his wife, the late 1-24 Montie Estelle King, was blessed with two children, Louis William 2-1 "Bill" Conradt, Jr., and Patricia Ann "Trish" Conradt, and as the 2-2 family's legacy of excellence continues with the graduation of his 2-3 granddaughter, Dr. Conradt certainly has reason to be proud; now, 2-4 therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-6 Legislature hereby honor Dr. Louis William "Bob" Conradt, Sr., for 2-7 his longtime service to the citizens of Terrell and offer him 2-8 congratulations on the occasion of his granddaughter's graduation 2-9 from Anderson High School; and, be it further 2-10 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-11 prepared for Dr. Conradt as an expression of high regard by the 2-12 Texas House of Representatives. Oakley 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. 1044 was adopted by the House on May 22, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House