1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 740 1-3 WHEREAS, The 70th Annual Linz Award has been won by 1-4 Thomas M. Dunning of Dallas, and the Senate of the State of Texas 1-5 is proud to recognize him; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The 1998 Linz Award honors the citizen of 1-7 Dallas County whose humanitarian and civic efforts have created 1-8 the greatest benefit to the City of Dallas during the last year; 1-9 and 1-10 WHEREAS, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 1-11 Lockton Dunning Benefit Company, Mr. Dunning works for a 1-12 full-service corporate health and welfare benefits firm; and 1-13 WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin 1-14 with a business degree in finance and insurance, he was awarded 1-15 the chartered life underwriter designation in 1973; and 1-16 WHEREAS, The recipient of many honors and awards, 1-17 Mr. Dunning was presented in 1990 with a Certificate of 1-18 Appreciation Award by the Greater Dallas Community Relations 1-19 Commission and in 1988 was named recipient of the American 1-20 Jewish Committee's Human Relations Award; and 1-21 WHEREAS, Requested by the mayor and the city council of 1-22 Dallas to chair Dallas Together from 1988 to 1990 and the Dallas 1-23 Homeless Task Force in 1990, Mr. Dunning was chair of the Vote Yes 1-24 Committee for the Dallas Independent School District Bond Program 2-1 in 1992; and 2-2 WHEREAS, Currently vice chair of the State Fair of 2-3 Texas, he has served in that post since 1989, and prior to 2-4 that he was vice president of the Dallas Park and Recreation 2-5 Board from 1979 to 1981; and 2-6 WHEREAS, Selected to be on the Board of Directors of 2-7 the Texas Department of Human Services from 1983 to 1985, 2-8 Mr. Dunning was also on the Board of the State Highways and 2-9 Public Transportation Commission from 1985 to 1986, and the 2-10 Texas Board of Criminal Justice from 1993 to 1995; he was the 2-11 chair and a board member of the Texas Water Development Board; 2-12 and 2-13 WHEREAS, Vice chair of the Dallas/Fort Worth 2-14 International Airport Board from 1996 to the present, he 2-15 has served on the Advisory Board of Texas Woman's University 2-16 School of Management since 1998, on the Board of Directors of 2-17 the Baylor Health Care System Foundation since 1997, on the Board 2-18 of Trustees of Southwestern Medical Foundation since 1994, on the 2-19 Advisory Board of the Salvation Army from 1988 to 1996, and on the 2-20 Board of Directors of the Dallas Citizens Council from 1987 to 2-21 1995; and 2-22 WHEREAS, The outstanding contributions of this dedicated 2-23 gentleman have greatly assisted the citizens of Dallas, the 2-24 Metroplex, and the State of Texas, and his accomplishments will 2-25 continue to bear fruit for years to come; now, therefore, be it 2-26 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 3-1 76th Legislature, hereby congratulate Thomas M. Dunning of 3-2 Dallas for winning the 1998 Linz Award; and, be it further 3-3 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 3-4 him as an expression of the highest regard of the Texas Senate. 3-5 West 3-6 ______________________________________ 3-7 President of the Senate 3-8 I hereby certify that the above 3-9 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-10 on April 26, 1999. 3-11 ______________________________________ 3-12 Secretary of the Senate 3-13 ______________________________________ 3-14 Member, Texas Senate