R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to 1-2 welcome The University of Texas at Dallas' (UTD) Academic Quiz Team 1-3 to the State Capitol; and 1-4 WHEREAS, In April, the 14 members of this team competed at 1-5 the 1997 National College Bowl Tournament as one of the top 16 1-6 teams in the country; UTD placed a strong sixth in the tournament, 1-7 behind such renowned institutions of higher education as Cornell 1-8 University, the University of Chicago, and Harvard University; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Team members include Eileen Miller, Ryan Wylie, 1-10 Matthew Scheffrahn, Chris Friede, Kathy Blazek, Christopher Kane, 1-11 Rachael Zaspel, Leilani Cantu, Doug Hackworth, Matthew Akins, Jacob 1-12 Gurwitz, Jennifer Kerr, Drew Wallace, and Robert Margolis, who was 1-13 selected for the Tournament All-Stars Game; the team's class range 1-14 runs the gamut from freshmen to graduate students, and their fields 1-15 of study include arts and humanities, natural and social sciences, 1-16 general studies, management, and engineering; and 1-17 WHEREAS, The brainchild of Associate Provost Lawrence 1-18 Redlinger, the Academic Quiz Team was established during the 1-19 1993-1994 school year; Dr. Redlinger is still very much involved 1-20 with the team, serving both as coach and as faculty advisor, and 1-21 much of the team's great success can be attributed to his capable 1-22 guidance; and 1-23 WHEREAS, The UTD Academic Quiz Team has accomplished much in 1-24 its relatively short existence, consistently defeating its 2-1 competitors on the regional, state, and national levels, and the 2-2 members of this chamber are pleased to encourage this spirit of 2-3 competition in the pursuit of academic excellence; now, therefore, 2-4 be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-6 Legislature hereby welcome the Academic Quiz Team of The University 2-7 of Texas at Dallas and commend its members on their recent success 2-8 at the 1997 National College Bowl Tournament; and, be it further 2-9 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-10 prepared for Dr. Redlinger and the team as an expression of high 2-11 regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Hill 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. 1111 was adopted by the House on May 30, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House