1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 379 1-3 WHEREAS, A. C. Burkhalter, Jr., has been selected Houston's 1-4 Engineer of the Year for 1999, and the Texas Senate is proud to 1-5 recognize him; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Interested in building projects since he was six 1-7 years old, A. C. first wanted to build a boat; it was the drawing 1-8 of the pictures for the plans and then building the craft which 1-9 fascinated him; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Mr. Burkhalter noted that he does not think he even 1-11 tried to make the boat float; it was the process which intrigued 1-12 him, and he has been interested ever since; and 1-13 WHEREAS, After taking as many science and engineering courses 1-14 as possible in high school, A. C. graduated in 1948 and chose 1-15 to attend Texas A&M University; he decided to major in civil 1-16 engineering, which he thought would give him the greatest amount 1-17 of experience and options; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Immediately after receiving his engineering degree 1-19 from Texas A&M University in 1952, Mr. Burkhalter was called to 1-20 active service in the United States Air Force; in the service, he 1-21 was what is now known as base civil engineer; and 1-22 WHEREAS, After leaving the United States Air Force, A. C. went 1-23 to work for Lockwood, Andrews, and Newman, consulting engineers 1-24 in Houston, for the next 17 years; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Because of his superb work, he was offered a position 2-2 with Friendswood Development Company, the engineering arm of Exxon; 2-3 while working there, Mr. Burkhalter assisted with the new projects 2-4 such as Greenspoint, Clear Lake City, and Kingwood; his role was to 2-5 get everything built for the development company; he did the 2-6 planning, designing, constructing the utility infrastructure, 2-7 and landscaping; and 2-8 WHEREAS, After taking early retirement in 1992, Mr. Burkhalter 2-9 became a consulting engineer; he has remained quite active in 2-10 his professional associations; a member of the Texas Society of 2-11 Professional Engineers, he has been president of his local chapter 2-12 and vice president of Region IV; a life member of the National 2-13 Society of Professional Engineers, he is also a life member and 2-14 Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and has served 2-15 in several various offices of the national, state, and local 2-16 organization; now, therefore, be it 2-17 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-18 76th Legislature, hereby congratulate A. C. Burkhalter, Jr., on 2-19 his being chosen as Houston's Engineer of the Year for 1999; and, 2-20 be it further 2-21 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him 2-22 as a memento of this special award. 2-23 Lindsay 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 March 10, 1999. 2-29 ______________________________________ 3-1 Secretary of the Senate 3-2 ______________________________________ 3-3 Member, Texas Senate