H.R. No. 51
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Jay Nelson is retiring as district engineer in the
Dallas District of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
after 30 years of noteworthy service to the state; and
WHEREAS, A native of Hays, Kansas, Mr. Nelson earned a
bachelor's degree in civil engineering from The University of Texas
at Austin in 1973, and he was certified as a professional engineer
four years later; and
WHEREAS, He began his tenure with the TxDOT in 1973, when he
accepted a position as an engineering assistant in the Dallas
District, and over the ensuing years, he worked in the Kaufman Area
Office and in the Paris District; he returned to Dallas in 1989 to
serve as the deputy district engineer, and he assumed his current
post as Dallas District engineer in 1995; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Nelson is active with the Regional
Transportation Council and the Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition;
he is also a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society,
the Chi Epsilon civil engineering honor society, the University of
Texas Ex-Students' Association, and the Texas Good Roads
Transportation Association; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Nelson's dedication and expertise have set an
outstanding example for all those who have had the pleasure of
knowing and working with him, and his presence at the Texas
Department of Transportation will be greatly missed; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Jay Nelson for his
many years of invaluable service to the State of Texas and extend to
him sincere best wishes for a happy and fulfilling retirement; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Nelson as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Harper-Brown
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 51 was adopted by the House on August
5, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House