R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was founded at 1-2 Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1908, and this Greek 1-3 letter organization is the first sorority established by 1-4 African-American college women; and 1-5 WHEREAS, This sorority is an international organization with 1-6 approximately 200,000 members in 844 chapters extending across the 1-7 United States, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Great Britain, Germany, Korea, 1-8 and the Virgin Islands; 47 of these chapters are located in 1-9 communities and on college and university campuses in the State of 1-10 Texas; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., is committed to 1-12 community service and has made numerous contributions to the 1-13 educational, civic, and social life of Texas citizens; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Shirley Fisher, an outstanding Texan, is the South 1-15 Central Regional Director of this great sisterhood and leads 1-16 members of the sorority in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and New 1-17 Mexico in the implementation of the current international program, 1-18 "Blazing New Trails! The Alpha Kappa Alpha National Program 1-19 Targeting Education, Health, Family, Economics, and Arts"; and 1-20 WHEREAS, Members in the State of Texas contribute thousands 1-21 of volunteer hours implementing service programs in their 1-22 respective communities; now, therefore, be it 1-23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas 1-24 Legislature hereby recognize the commitment of Shirley Fisher and 2-1 the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., to community 2-2 service and express special appreciation for their service in the 2-3 State of Texas; and, be it further 2-4 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-5 prepared for Mrs. Shirley Fisher as an expression of high regard by 2-6 the Texas House of Representatives. Thompson 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 _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 551 was adopted by the House on March 15, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House