1-1 1 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 2-24 ______________________________________ 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. 2-29 ______________________________________ 2-30 Secretary of the Senate 2-31 ______________________________________ 2-32 Member, Texas Senate