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78S20174 MMS-D

By:  Stick                                                        H.R. No. 33 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Lyman Martin Labry has rendered outstanding service 
to the people of Texas in his capacity as an architect for the Texas 
Historic Courthouse Preservation Program of the Texas Historical 
Commission (THC); and
	WHEREAS, Since 1999, when the THC launched its acclaimed 
effort to help restore the state's  historic courthouses, Mr. Labry 
has been assigned as project manager for a dozen sites in North and 
West Texas; under his supervision, work has been completed on the 
courthouses in Donley, Gray, Llano, Presidio, Shackelford, and 
Sutton counties, and restoration is currently underway on the 
courthouses in Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and Wheeler counties; planning 
grants have been completed for the Crosby County and Potter County 
courthouses, and another such grant is now being prepared for the 
Menard County courthouse; and
	WHEREAS, A native of New Orleans, where he was born September 
9, 1951, Mr. Labry earned a bachelor's degree in political science 
from the University of New Orleans in 1974; he went on to graduate 
from The University of Texas at Austin with both a master of 
architecture degree and a certificate in historic preservation in 
1996; and
	WHEREAS, The following year, after working as a design 
assistant for an Austin architectural firm, Mr. Labry joined the 
staff of the THC; among the many other duties he handles in his 
present post are construction administration of the agency's 
Capitol Complex capital improvement projects; and
	WHEREAS, In recent years Mr. Labry has also served as a 
volunteer architectural consultant and underwater archeologist at 
Sadana Island, Egypt, where he produced measured drawings of an 
18th-century Ottoman shipwreck, and as an architectural and 
historic preservation field consultant in Chersonesus, Ukraine, 
where he prepared drawings for the rehabilitation of an 
18th-century monastery building; and
	WHEREAS, The excellence of Mr. Labry's work has won him a 
Mebane Travel Scholarship from The University of Texas for study in 
Mexico and Japan; in addition, courthouse restoration projects 
completed under his supervision have received recognition and 
awards from the American Institute of Architects; and
	WHEREAS, Through his work on Texas historic courthouses, 
Lyman Labry has played an instrumental role in preserving a number 
of those treasured buildings and with them, a vital part of the 
state's architectural heritage; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Lyman Martin Labry 
for his significant contributions to the courthouse preservation 
program of the Texas Historical Commission and extend to him 
sincere best wishes for a happy birthday and continued success in 
the years ahead; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. Labry as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.