By Driver                                             H.R. No. 1214
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, James DeWitt has been accorded a great honor with
 1-2     his selection to receive a prestigious Fulbright Scholar Student
 1-3     award in the field of political science for the 2001-2002 school
 1-4     year; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, The Fulbright Program, overseen by the J. William
 1-6     Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, was created more than 50 years
 1-7     ago to increase mutual understanding between the people of the
 1-8     United States and those of other countries while promoting
 1-9     excellence in scholarship; and
1-10           WHEREAS, The son of Harland and Mary DeWitt, this exceptional
1-11     Texan graduated from Southwestern University, where he earned a
1-12     degree in international studies with a German emphasis; he was
1-13     cofounder of the Southwestern University International Student and
1-14     Alumni Network and president of the German Club, and he spent his
1-15     junior year in a program at the Universitaet Osnabrueck and the
1-16     Goethe Institute in Germany; and
1-17           WHEREAS, The Fulbright Scholarship award is enabling
1-18     Mr. DeWitt to revisit Germany to conduct research in the field of
1-19     national identity in modern Germany; this important academic work
1-20     will undoubtedly prove beneficial to policymakers and scholars
1-21     alike and will aid Mr. DeWitt's studies at the George Bush School
1-22     of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, which he
1-23     will attend when he returns from Germany in 2002; now, therefore,
1-24     be it
 2-1           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas
 2-2     Legislature hereby commend and congratulate James DeWitt on his
 2-3     receipt of a Fulbright award and extend to him sincere best wishes
 2-4     for success in all his future endeavors.