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.
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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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor