HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The members of the 77th Texas Legislature take great 1-2 pleasure in honoring the esteemed N. B. "Buck" Jordan, Jr., of 1-3 Waxahachie on his retirement as president of the Waxahachie Chamber 1-4 of Commerce; and 1-5 WHEREAS, A native of Waxahachie, Mr. Jordan is no stranger to 1-6 community service; a former city councilor, he was appointed by 1-7 Governor Ann Richards and later reappointed by Governor George W. 1-8 Bush to act as commissioner of the Texas National Research 1-9 Laboratory; he also served as a United Way chairman, as chairman 1-10 for Mobile Meals, as Lions Club president, and as a member of the 1-11 board for Texas Chamber Executives; and 1-12 WHEREAS, In 1984, this respected Texan joined the Waxahachie 1-13 Chamber of Commerce as its executive director, and during his 1-14 17-year tenure, the organization's membership expanded threefold, 1-15 13 major industries invested $457 million in the area, creating 1-16 nearly 3,500 new jobs, and a new chamber facility was constructed; 1-17 and 1-18 WHEREAS, Mr. Jordan has earned numerous accolades throughout 1-19 the years, including the 1990 Outstanding Citizen of the Year award 1-20 from the Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce and the Distinguished 1-21 Service Award from the Texas Chamber Executives; earlier this year 1-22 he was accorded the Chamber Executive of the Year award at the 1-23 annual conference of the Texas Association of Business & Chambers 1-24 of Commerce; and 2-1 WHEREAS, It is indeed appropriate to pay tribute to 2-2 Mr. Jordan as he begins his well-deserved retirement and to 2-3 celebrate the legacy of success he leaves behind; now, therefore, 2-4 be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-6 hereby honor N. B. "Buck" Jordan, Jr., on the occasion of his 2-7 retirement from the Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce and extend to 2-8 him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further 2-9 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-10 prepared for Mr. Jordan as an expression of high regard by the 2-11 Texas House of Representatives and Senate. Pitts Laney Goodman Merritt Alexander Goolsby Miller Allen Gray Moreno of Harris Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso Bailey Grusendorf Morrison Berman Gutierrez Mowery Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat Bosse Hamric Najera Brimer Hardcastle Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira Burnam Heflin Olivo Callegari Hilbert Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Carter Hill Puente Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay Chisum Hochberg Rangel Christian Hodge Raymond Clark Homer Reyna of Bexar Coleman Hope Reyna of Dallas Cook Hopson Ritter Corte Howard Sadler Counts Hunter Salinas Crabb Hupp Seaman Craddick Isett Shields Crownover Janek Smith Danburg Jones of Lubbock Smithee Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solis Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Solomons Delisi Junell Swinford Denny Keel Talton Deshotel Keffer Telford Driver King of Parker Thompson Dukes King of Uvalde Tillery Dunnam Kitchen Truitt Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Coleman Edwards Krusee Turner of Harris Ehrhardt Kuempel Uher Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Elkins Lewis of Orange Villarreal Ellis Longoria Walker Farabee Luna West Farrar McCall Williams Flores McClendon Wilson Gallego McReynolds Wise Garcia Madden Wohlgemuth George Marchant Wolens Geren Martinez Fischer Woolley Giddings Maxey Yarbrough Glaze Menendez Zbranek _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 269 was adopted by the House on May 23, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 269 was adopted by the Senate on May 23, 2001, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor