1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 90 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of Texas takes pleasure in honoring the 1-4 Texas Retired Teachers Association in recognition of Texas Retired 1-5 School Personnel Day - A Celebration of Volunteerism; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Recently, association members contributed over five 1-7 million hours of volunteer work to their communities in hospitals, 1-8 churches, and other entities in their communities; and 1-9 WHEREAS, The Texas Retired Teachers Association was founded 1-10 in 1953, and it has a current membership of more than 45,000 men 1-11 and women; it is an independent, nonprofit organization formed to 1-12 help retired school personnel; and 1-13 WHEREAS, An able advocate on behalf of its members, 1-14 the association has been instrumental in passing legislation 1-15 and providing improved retirement benefits for the members 1-16 of the Texas Retired Teachers Association; the association's 1-17 present director is Mike Lehr and the current president is 1-18 Dr. Myron Koehler; and 1-19 WHEREAS, Among the goals of the Texas Retired Teachers 1-20 Association are promoting the intellectual, professional, 1-21 economic, and social well-being of its members, as well as 1-22 encouraging members to donate their time and expertise to civic 2-1 and educational projects; and 2-2 WHEREAS, The Texas Retired Teachers Association and its 2-3 members have greatly assisted the citizens of Texas; now, 2-4 therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-6 77th Legislature, hereby commend the members of the Texas Retired 2-7 Teachers Association for their outstanding contributions to 2-8 the welfare of the State of Texas; and, be it further 2-9 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-10 the organization as an expression of the highest regard of the 2-11 Texas Senate. 2-12 Armbrister 2-13 ______________________________________ 2-14 President of the Senate 2-15 I hereby certify that the above 2-16 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-17 on January 24, 2001. 2-18 ______________________________________ 2-19 Secretary of the Senate 2-20 ______________________________________ 2-21 Member, Texas Senate