By Gallego H.C.R. No. 36 77R885 MMS-D HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Charles Coleman Winn has substantially advanced the 1-2 cause of education and helped meet other vital civic needs in South 1-3 Texas through his generous philanthropy over the years, and his 1-4 role in community building is indeed deserving of recognition and 1-5 gratitude; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Born in Long Beach, California, Mr. Winn moved with 1-7 his family to Texas when he was a young child; he graduated from 1-8 high school in Alice and attended Texas A&I University and The 1-9 University of Texas at Austin; with his wife, Patsy, Mr. Winn is 1-10 the devoted parent of five children; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Following his father into the petroleum industry, 1-12 Mr. Winn is chairman and president of Winn Exploration Company, 1-13 Inc., and has been involved with over 1,000 wells in more than 105 1-14 oil and gas fields in the United States, Canada, and Australia; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Named an All American Wildcatter and the recipient 1-16 of the M. B. Rudman Outstanding Wildcatter Award, Mr. Winn has put 1-17 his business acumen at the service of numerous institutions: he has 1-18 been a director of the First National Bank and Highland Park State 1-19 Bank in San Antonio; a trustee for the Mexican Baptist Children's 1-20 Home of San Antonio and the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi; 1-21 and a member of the Texas A&I University Development Board and 1-22 Board of Trustees, the Baylor University Council for Institutional 1-23 Development Board, the Santa Rosa Medical Center Advisory Board, 1-24 and the National Petroleum Council; at the present time he serves 2-1 on the Christus Spohn Health System Development Board in Corpus 2-2 Christi; and 2-3 WHEREAS, Mr. Winn's contributions in the civic realm are 2-4 legion: his most recent benefactions include the donation of 2-5 property in Eagle Pass for the city's new Civic Center, for the 2-6 Eagle Pass High School--C. C. Winn Campus, and for the Frank Chisum 2-7 Regional Technical Center of the Eagle Pass Independent School 2-8 District; in Uvalde he has given property for the Higher Education 2-9 Complex serving Southwest Texas Junior College and Sul Ross State 2-10 University--Rio Grande College; he has also provided a new 2-11 ambulance for the Fort Duncan Medical Center in Eagle Pass and over 2-12 the years has awarded many thousands of dollars to graduating high 2-13 school seniors; and 2-14 WHEREAS, The building of a modern infrastructure in Eagle 2-15 Pass owes much to the exceptional generosity of this distinguished 2-16 Texan, whose altruism has had such a profound impact in the life of 2-17 that community; moreover, the financial assistance he has given 2-18 individual students has aided immeasurably in developing the human 2-19 resources of the next generation; now, therefore, be it 2-20 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-21 hereby pay tribute to Charles Coleman Winn for his many notable 2-22 acts of public philanthropy and extend to him sincere best wishes 2-23 for success and happiness in the years to come; and, be it further 2-24 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-25 prepared for Mr. Winn as an expression of high regard by the Texas 2-26 House of Representatives and Senate.