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H.R. No. 1181
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Robert A. Caro, internationally renowned author and
historian, has received both a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book
Award for Master of the Senate, the third volume in his series
chronicling the life and career of President Lyndon Baines Johnson;
and
WHEREAS, This volume, which has also won the Los Angeles
Times Book Award, is yet another milestone in Mr. Caro's
illustrious career, during which he has won acclaim as one of the
greatest biographers of our time; and
WHEREAS, Spanning a period of several decades, his meticulous
research has required him to immerse himself in the places where
President Johnson lived and worked; from his native New York, Mr.
Caro and his wife Ina moved to the Texas Hill Country, providing him
with the opportunity to spend many years reviewing the documents
contained at the LBJ Library in Austin and to speak with Texans
connected to the president's life, many of whom had never before
been interviewed; the Caros have also lived in Washington, D.C.,
enabling this exceptional author to follow in the president's path
as he moved from the Lone Star State to the national stage; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Caro's experience as an investigative reporter
is evident in the complex and comprehensive nature of his first two
volumes in the Johnson series, The Path to Power, which won the
National Book Critics Circle Award as the best nonfiction book of
1982, and Means of Ascent, which won the same award for the year
1990; Master of the Senate details President Johnson's life and
career as a United States senator, and the book has already been
hailed as required reading for all students of the American
political process; and
WHEREAS, With the publication of each new volume in the LBJ
series, Robert Caro has added immeasurably to the world's
understanding of one of the Lone Star State's most fascinating
icons, and the citizens of Texas are proud to pay tribute to Mr.
Caro's stellar achievements as a scholar and biographer; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Robert A. Caro for his exceptional
literary contributions and extend to him best wishes in his future
endeavors; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Caro as an expression of highest regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Smith of Tarrant
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
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1181 was adopted by the House on May
16, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House