H.R. No. 66R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to honor Texas Southern University and to recognize January 28, 2003, as Texas Southern University Day at the Capitol; and WHEREAS, Established by the Texas Legislature on March 3, 1947, Texas Southern University offers degrees in a wide variety of programs, including pharmacy, dentistry, arts and sciences, journalism, law, and other fields of specialization; and WHEREAS, The students at Texas Southern University come from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and racial backgrounds from throughout the state and nation; more than 50 nations are represented in the student body; and WHEREAS, The school is proud to have conferred degrees on many individuals who have gone on to become outstanding public servants; three Texas Southern University graduates have been elected to the United States Congress--the Honorable Barbara Jordan, the Honorable George "Mickey" Leland, and the Honorable Craig Washington; and WHEREAS, Texas Southern University has earned a reputation for drawing the largest concentration of multiethnic scholars in the world to teach and carry out research on campus; these individuals have provided Texas and the nation with a wealth of expertise on important world issues; and WHEREAS, The members of the board of trustees, the faculty, and the administration of Texas Southern University are committed to providing students with a first-rate education, and their success is evident in the excellent reputation the university enjoys today; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby express appreciation to Texas Southern University for its many contributions to our state and extend best wishes to all who are participating in Texas Southern University Day at the Capitol; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the university as an expression of esteem from the Texas House of Representatives. Coleman Craddick Giddings Merritt Allen Goodman Miller Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso Baxter Grusendorf Morrison Berman Guillen Mowery Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat Bonnen Haggerty Nixon Branch Hamilton Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton Callegari Hartnett Pena Campbell Heflin Phillips Canales Hegar Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Casteel Hill Puente Castro Hochberg Quintanilla Chavez Hodge Rangel Chisum Homer Raymond Christian Hope Reyna Coleman Hopson Riddle Cook of Navarro Howard Ritter Cook of Colorado Hughes Rodriguez Corte Hunter Rose Crabb Hupp Seaman Crownover Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Smithee Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis Delisi Keel Solomons Denny Keffer of Dallas Stick Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Swinford Driver King Talton Dukes Kolkhorst Taylor Dunnam Krusee Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Laney Truitt Eiland Laubenberg Turner Eissler Lewis Uresti Elkins Luna Van Arsdale Ellis Mabry Villarreal Farabee Madden West Farrar Marchant Wilson Flores Martinez Fischer Wise Flynn McCall Wohlgemuth Gallego McClendon Wolens Garza McReynolds Wong Gattis Menendez Woolley Geren Mercer Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 66 was adopted by the House on January 28, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House