H.R. No. 185



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell recently 
honored Houston native Jason Santamaria with the Harrison H. 
Schmitt Leadership Award for Fulbright student alumni; and
	WHEREAS, This accomplished sixth-generation Texan was 
educated at St. John's School in Houston and at The University of 
Texas at Austin, where he earned a degree in economics with high 
honors; he studied at Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas, 
Venezuela, as a Fulbright scholar, personally presenting to the 
minister of finance his research project titled "Venezuela and the 
United States:  Free Trade in the Petroleum Sector and NAFTA"; and
	WHEREAS, In addition to his many notable academic 
achievements, Mr. Santamaria attended the U.S. Marine Corps Officer 
Candidate School and Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, before 
embarking on tours of duty in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea 
and in Okinawa; serving as an artillery officer from 1994 to 1998, 
he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for 
outstanding service; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Santamaria is also an MBA graduate of the 
Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania who has, over the years, 
applied his considerable talents to his work as a consultant at 
McKinsey & Company in Houston and as an investment banker at Morgan 
Stanley in New York; he is currently a successful management 
consultant, and in December 2003 McGraw-Hill will publish his book, 
The Marine Corps Way--Using Maneuver Warfare to Lead a Winning 
Organization; and
	WHEREAS, With impressive achievements in the worlds of 
academia, business, and military command, he is an ideal recipient 
of the Harrison H. Schmitt Leadership Award, an honor named after 
Dr. Harrison Schmitt, who has served his nation as an astronaut and 
U.S. senator and was a Fulbright scholar to Norway; the citizens of 
Texas are proud to join with Dr. Schmitt, Secretary Powell, and 
other members of the international affairs community in paying 
special tribute to the contributions of Mr. Santamaria; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Jason 
Santamaria on his receipt of the Harrison H. Schmitt Leadership 
Award and extend to him best wishes for continued success in all his 
endeavors; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. Santamaria as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                        Hochberg

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 185 was adopted by the House on August 
22, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House