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                                                                  H.R. No. 124



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Robert Leon Elder was named the 2003 Outstanding 
Older Worker of Texas at the Experience Works Prime Time Awards 
program held on January 23, 2004; and
	WHEREAS, Sponsored for the past five years by Experience 
Works, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to the welfare of 
older professionals, the program recognizes the valuable 
contributions of senior Americans at the local, state, and national 
levels; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Elder's selection for this prestigious honor is 
based on his work for the Texas Workforce Commission, where he has 
set high standards of excellence for others to emulate; employed as 
a business service representative at the Hays County Workforce 
Center for the last 10 years, this accomplished public servant has 
aided and motivated many people in their search for satisfying, 
meaningful careers; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Elder has also benefited the public through his 
service with the U.S. Army for 28 years, during which time he served 
in Korea, Germany, and Vietnam and at the Pentagon; following his 
retirement from the military with the rank of colonel in 1981, he 
worked as a planner and proposal writer at Lockheed for 11 years; 
and
	WHEREAS, In his decade-long position at the Texas Workforce 
Commission, Mr. Elder has proven an invaluable resource to 
countless job-seekers, and his contributions have immeasurably 
enhanced the lives of many people; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Robert Leon 
Elder on being named the Prime Time Awards program's 2003 
Outstanding Older Worker of Texas and extend to him sincere best 
wishes for continued success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. Elder as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.

                                                                            Rose

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 124 was adopted by the House on May 
11, 2004, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House