1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 537 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in 1-4 recognizing Ron Rutledge on the occasion of his recent promotion 1-5 to the position of executive vice president of Butler Manufacturing 1-6 Company; and 1-7 WHEREAS, A native of Dallas, Texas, Ron Rutledge began his 1-8 successful career as an employee of Bauer Aluminum in 1962 and 1-9 joined Texas Aluminum Company in 1965, where he became district 1-10 sales manager; he then served as a sales manager and general 1-11 manager of Howmet Aluminum Corporation before becoming president 1-12 of Vistawall Architectural Products; and 1-13 WHEREAS, Vistawall Architectural Products was founded 1-14 in 1962 with headquarters in Terrell, Texas; the company has 1-15 21 locations and provides storefront products, standard and 1-16 custom entrances, curtainwalls, standard and custom skylights, 1-17 translucent panel systems, and windows; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Vistawall's parent company, Butler Manufacturing 1-19 Company, was established in 1901 and is the world's leading 1-20 producer of pre-engineered metal building systems and architectural 1-21 products for the nonresidential construction market; its products 1-22 cover a wide variety of steel or wood structural framing systems 2-1 and metal roof and wall systems; and 2-2 WHEREAS, Butler Manufacturing Company maintains the highest 2-3 of standards with regard to the quality of its products and 2-4 customer service, and the company's longstanding reputation is 2-5 respected worldwide; and 2-6 WHEREAS, Ron Rutledge is an exemplary and distinguished 2-7 gentleman who brings a wealth of experience to his position as 2-8 executive vice president of Butler Manufacturing Company, and his 2-9 many talents and leadership are certain to make a positive and 2-10 lasting impression on the company's future; now, therefore, be it 2-11 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-12 77th Legislature, hereby commend Ron Rutledge on his exceptional 2-13 career and extend to him congratulations on his new position as 2-14 executive vice president of Butler Manufacturing Company; and, 2-15 be it further 2-16 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him 2-17 as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. 2-18 Cain 2-19 ______________________________________ 2-20 President of the Senate 2-21 I hereby certify that the above 2-22 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-23 on March 22, 2001. 2-24 ______________________________________ 2-25 Secretary of the Senate 2-26 ______________________________________ 2-27 Member, Texas Senate