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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 523
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
 1-4     recognize Dee and Adair Margo, this year's recipients of the
 1-5     League of Women Voters of El Paso's BRAVO Award; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, Dee Margo is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University;
 1-7     in 1977, he began his career as a vice-president with the
 1-8     John D. Williams Company, the largest insurance agency in the
 1-9     Southwest, and he currently serves as the company's chief
1-10     executive officer; and
1-11           WHEREAS, Adair Margo also received her undergraduate degree
1-12     from Vanderbilt University, where she studied art history; she
1-13     has become an authority on art in her region, lecturing at
1-14     universities throughout the Southwest, and she is the sole
1-15     representative of the work of renowned Texas writer and painter,
1-16     Tom Lea; and
1-17           WHEREAS, Mrs. Margo also operates the Adair Margo Gallery,
1-18     which has provided national visibility for El Paso's visual
1-19     artists in such museums as the Whitney Museum of American Art,
1-20     the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Contemporary Arts Museum
1-21     in Houston; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, A fourth-generation resident and a 24-year resident
 2-2     of El Paso respectively, Adair and Dee Margo are devoted to their
 2-3     community, and their many civic-minded deeds bespeak their
 2-4     magnanimous characters; and
 2-5           WHEREAS, Mr. Margo served as Civilian Aide to the Secretary
 2-6     to the Army from 1990 to 1998; he is the chairman of several
 2-7     local and national boards, including the Greater El Paso Chamber
 2-8     of Commerce, The University of Texas at El Paso College of Business
 2-9     Advisory Council, and the Business-Industry Political Action
2-10     Committee in Washington, D.C.; and
2-11           WHEREAS, Dee Margo has also proven his devotion to his
2-12     community through his work to bring the Border Fund, a fund of
2-13     the Robert McCormick Tribune Foundation, to El Paso, which has
2-14     provided over $16 million for worthy local causes; and
2-15           WHEREAS, Like Dee, Adair has distinguished herself as a
2-16     leader on both a local and national level, working in particular
2-17     to increase arts awareness and to preserve Texas' artistic and
2-18     cultural heritage; she has received an executive appointment to
2-19     the Texas Commission on the Arts, serving as that body's chairman
2-20     for two years; she currently represents Texas on the board of the
2-21     Mid-America Arts Alliance; and
2-22           WHEREAS, Over the years, this exemplary and distinguished
2-23     couple has successfully worked to improve the quality of life for
2-24     El Pasoans and, indeed, for all Texans, and their philanthropy
 3-1     has earned Dee and Adair Margo recognition many times over; they
 3-2     are truly deserving of their most recent commendation; now,
 3-3     therefore, be it
 3-4           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
 3-5     77th Legislature, hereby congratulate Dee and Adair Margo
 3-6     on receiving the BRAVO Award from the League of Women Voters
 3-7     of El Paso; and, be it further
 3-8           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
 3-9     them as an expression of the profound admiration and respect of
3-10     the Texas Senate.
3-11                                                               Shapleigh
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3-13                                          President of the Senate
3-14                                       I hereby certify that the above
3-15                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-16                                  on March 21, 2001.
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3-18                                          Secretary of the Senate
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3-20                                           Member, Texas Senate