R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives takes great pride
 1-2     in recognizing Rose Marie Banks Graham of Houston, a lifelong Texas
 1-3     educator who, in the course of helping countless youngsters achieve
 1-4     their dream of graduation, will mark the 50th anniversary of her
 1-5     own graduation from college; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, Born in Houston on September 28, 1928, Mrs. Graham
 1-7     learned early the importance and value of education; after
 1-8     attending Booker T. Washington High School, she graduated from
 1-9     Tillotson College with a bachelor of science degree in 1949; and
1-10           WHEREAS, She went on to earn a master's degree in education
1-11     from Texas Southern University in 1956 and began a 35-year tenure
1-12     with the Houston Independent School District as a respected and
1-13     highly valued member of the teaching staffs at Brock, Atherton, and
1-14     J. C. McDade elementary schools; and
1-15           WHEREAS, Before her retirement in 1984, she served as
1-16     coordinator of a federally funded program designed to provide
1-17     financial assistance to meet the special needs of children in
1-18     low-income areas; and
1-19           WHEREAS, Through the years and throughout her many roles as
1-20     educator, Mrs. Graham has been recognized as Teacher of the Year at
1-21     J. C. McDade Elementary School, presented with the Outstanding
1-22     Services Award from HISD, and honored for Outstanding Service as
1-23     President of the Huston-Tillotson College Alumni Association's
1-24     Houston chapter; she has also volunteered much time and effort for
 2-1     a variety of charitable and civic causes, including the American
 2-2     Cancer Society, the American Heart  Association, the American
 2-3     Kidney Fund, the Student Recruitment Committee for the
 2-4     Huston-Tillotson College Alumni Association's Houston chapter, and
 2-5     the congregation at Windsor Village United Methodist Church; and
 2-6           WHEREAS, For all her many accomplishments and good works,
 2-7     Mrs. Graham has found the most reward and satisfaction in being a
 2-8     mother blessed with three loving children, and in serving as doting
 2-9     grandmother to four beloved grandchildren; and
2-10           WHEREAS, Education is perhaps the most fulfilling, and
2-11     trying, occupation, one to which Mrs. Graham wholeheartedly devoted
2-12     her career, and in light of the many Texans she has helped during
2-13     her 35 years in teaching, it is indeed appropriate to salute her,
2-14     in this her anniversary year; now, therefore, be it
2-15           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
2-16     Legislature hereby honor Rose Marie Banks Graham on the 50th
2-17     anniversary of her graduation from college and extend to her
2-18     warmest best wishes for the future; and, be it further
2-19           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-20     prepared for Mrs. Graham as an expression of highest regard by the
2-21     Texas House of Representatives.
                                                                      Dutton
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                                                   Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.R. No. 760 was adopted by the House on April
         27, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House