H.R. No. 738
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Ten students at The University of Texas School of
Law were selected to receive this year's UT Co-Op Public Interest
Awards totaling $50,000 for their exceptional work in providing
legal assistance and representation to Texans of all ages and
backgrounds; these students, who will graduate on May 17, 2003,
include Layla Aflatooni, Andrea Beleno, Luis Figueroa, Shavondalyn
Givens, Eliza Hirst, Christina Mann, Marilee Manning, Katherine
Saunders, Erica Schommer, and Shannon Lee Snead; and
WHEREAS, Chosen by William Powers, dean of The University of
Texas School of Law, with the assistance of Eden Harrington, the
director of the Center for Public Interest Law, the students have
provided legal aid to victims of domestic violence, to indigent and
low-income Texans, to death row inmates, and to abused and
neglected children; they have also helped combat employment
discrimination and promoted international human rights and have
worked with the Texas Legislature, state agencies, communities, and
nonprofit groups on a wide variety of issues; and
WHEREAS, Through their work in public service, these honorees
have demonstrated great compassion and an unwavering dedication to
creating a stronger and more just society, and their selfless
actions are a source of inspiration to all who know them; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the 2003 recipients of The
University of Texas Co-Op Public Interest Awards and extend to them
warmest best wishes for continued success and happiness in their
future endeavors; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
for these students as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Hodge
Naishtat
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 Raymond
Chisum Homer Reyna
Christian Hope Riddle
Coleman Hopson Ritter
Cook of Navarro Howard Rodriguez
Cook of Colorado Hughes Rose
Corte Hunter Seaman
Crabb Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Crownover Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Solis
Dawson Jones of Dallas Solomons
Delisi Keel Stick
Denny Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Talton
Driver King Taylor
Dukes Kolkhorst Telford
Dunnam Krusee Thompson
Dutton Kuempel Truitt
Edwards Laney Turner
Eiland Laubenberg Uresti
Eissler Lewis Van Arsdale
Elkins Luna Villarreal
Ellis Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
Geren Mercer
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 738 was adopted by the House on April
9, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House