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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 185
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to
 1-4     recognize Ebby Halliday for her many contributions to her
 1-5     community, the City of Dallas, and the State of Texas; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, A world-renowned realtor, Ebby Halliday founded
 1-7     her real estate agency in Dallas in 1945, and since that time
 1-8     Ebby Halliday Realtors has become one of the largest privately
 1-9     owned residential real estate firms; and
1-10           WHEREAS, An excellent role model for women entrepreneurs,
1-11     Ebby Halliday is still active in her business, which has grown to
1-12     a 24-office operation; and
1-13           WHEREAS, Ebby and her husband, the late Maurice Acers, were
1-14     both awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the International
1-15     Real Estate Federation at the Rome Congress in 1985; and
1-16           WHEREAS, The recipient of almost every award the real estate
1-17     world can bestow on her, Ebby Halliday won the Regional Entrepreneur
1-18     of the Year Award, was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of
1-19     Fame, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by
1-20     Governor George W. Bush; and
1-21           WHEREAS, A dedicated member of her profession,
1-22     Ebby Halliday was the first woman to be designated Texas Realtor
1-23     of the Year by the Texas Association of Realtors and received the
1-24     Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1997; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, President of the ThanksGiving Square Foundation,
 2-2     Ebby Halliday serves on the Saint Paul Medical Foundation Board,
 2-3     the Board of the Communities Foundation of Texas, and the
 2-4     Dallas County Community College District Foundation; such an
 2-5     outstanding lady is truly deserving of legislative recognition;
 2-6     now, therefore, be it
 2-7           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
 2-8     76th Legislature, hereby commend Ebby Halliday for her notable
 2-9     achievements; and, be it further
2-10           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for her
2-11     as an expression of the highest esteem of the Texas Senate.
2-12                                                    Shapiro
2-13           Armbrister           Gallegos            Nixon
2-14           Barrientos           Harris              Ogden
2-15           Bernsen              Haywood             Ratliff
2-16           Bivins               Jackson             Shapleigh
2-17           Brown                Lindsay             Sibley
2-18           Cain                 Lucio               Truan
2-19           Carona               Luna                Wentworth
2-20           Duncan               Madla               West
2-21           Ellis                Moncrief            Whitmire
2-22           Fraser               Nelson              Zaffirini
2-23                       Perry, President of the Senate
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2-25                                          President of the Senate
2-26                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-27                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-28                                  on February 18, 1999.
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2-30                                          Secretary of the Senate
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2-32                                           Member, Texas Senate