R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, Every collector of United States paper money must
1-2 surely prize Series 1977 and 1977A Federal Reserve notes bearing
1-3 the signature of Treasurer Azie Taylor Morton, for Ms. Morton is an
1-4 individual of great courage, perseverance, and intelligence and a
1-5 role model to us all; and
1-6 WHEREAS, A native Texan, Ms. Morton was born February 1,
1-7 1936, in Dale, where she graduated from high school at the age of
1-8 16; after earning a bachelor of science degree from
1-9 Huston-Tillotson College in 1956 she became a teacher at the State
1-10 School for Delinquent Girls in Crockett; and
1-11 WHEREAS, In 1957 she returned to her alma mater as assistant
1-12 to the president at Huston-Tillotson College and the following year
1-13 joined the Texas American Federation of Labor and Congress of
1-14 Industrial Organizations; Ms. Morton moved to Washington, D.C., in
1-15 1961 and worked for two years as assistant to the executive
1-16 director of President John F. Kennedy's Committee on Equal
1-17 Employment Opportunity before applying her expertise to the
1-18 President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing; and
1-19 WHEREAS, The next 11 years of her distinguished public
1-20 service included positions as a complaint investigator for the
1-21 United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Austin
1-22 from 1966 to 1968; as director of social services for the Model
1-23 Cities Program in Wichita, Kansas, from 1968 to 1971; with the
1-24 Democratic National Committee from 1971 to 1977 in such varied
2-1 capacities as assistant director of the Office of Minority Affairs,
2-2 member of the Compliance Commission, and vice chair of the
2-3 Arrangements Committee; as deputy conference manager for the
2-4 Democratic Conference on Party Organization and Policy in 1974; and
2-5 as deputy convention manager for the Democratic National Convention
2-6 in 1976; and
2-7 WHEREAS, Ms. Morton was appointed as a consultant to the
2-8 United States House of Representatives Committee on the District of
2-9 Columbia in 1977; President Jimmy Carter then named her as the
2-10 United States treasurer, and when she was sworn in on September 12,
2-11 1977, she became the 36th person and the first African-American
2-12 woman to be appointed to that prestigious post; and
2-13 WHEREAS, Other positions that she has held throughout her
2-14 career include commissioner of the Virginia Department of Labor and
2-15 Industry, owner and operator of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
2-16 franchises, director and resource coordinator for Reading is
2-17 Fundamental, and director of marketing for GRW Capital Corporation;
2-18 and
2-19 WHEREAS, In addition to sitting on the corporate boards of
2-20 Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers from 1981 to 1984, Citizens Trust
2-21 from 1992 to present, and Schlotzsky's Deli from 1995 to present,
2-22 she has served on the public interest boards of Friends of the
2-23 Colorado River Foundation, Earl Campbell Foundation, St. Edwards
2-24 University, National Democratic Institute, and Africare; and
2-25 WHEREAS, Ms. Morton is a deeply respected woman of immense
2-26 talent, compassion, and integrity and it is indeed fitting to pay
2-27 tribute to her at this time; now, therefore, be it
3-1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
3-2 Legislature hereby honor Azie Taylor Morton for her many years of
3-3 dedicated public service and extend to her sincere best wishes for
3-4 continued success and happiness; and, be it further
3-5 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
3-6 prepared for Ms. Morton as an expression of high regard by the
3-7 Texas House of Representatives.
Tillery
Dukes
Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso
Alexander Goodman Morrison
Allen Goolsby Mowery
Alvarado Gray Naishtat
Averitt Green Najera
Bailey Greenberg Nixon
Berman Grusendorf Noriega
Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira
Bosse Haggerty Olivo
Brimer Hamric Palmer
Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts
Burnam Hawley Puente
Capelo Heflin Ramsay
Carter Hilbert Rangel
Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar
Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas
Christian Hinojosa Ritter
Clark Hochberg Sadler
Coleman Hodge Salinas
Cook Homer Seaman
Corte Hope Shields
Counts Howard Siebert
Crabb Hunter Smith
Craddick Hupp Smithee
Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron
Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar
Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons
Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples
Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford
Davis of Dallas Junell Talton
Delisi Keel Telford
Denny Keffer Thompson
Deshotel King of Parker Tillery
Driver King of Uvalde Truitt
Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman
Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris
Dutton Lengefeld Uher
Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti
Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte
Eiland Longoria Walker
Elkins Luna West
Ellis McCall Williams
Farabee McClendon Wilson
Farrar McReynolds Wise
Flores Madden Wohlgemuth
Gallego Marchant Wolens
Garcia Maxey Woolley
George Merritt Yarbrough
Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek
_______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 303 was adopted by the House on March
17, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House