H.R. No. 388
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Our fellow member, who has spent two decades
rendering exceptional service to his constituents in Harris County
and to citizens throughout the Lone Star State, the Honorable
Harold V. Dutton, Jr., is celebrating his 60th birthday on February
17, 2005; and
WHEREAS, A native of Houston's Fifth Ward, Representative
Dutton graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School and received a
bachelor's degree in accounting from Texas Southern University; he
later returned to TSU to earn his J.D. from the Thurgood Marshall
School of Law, on whose faculty he now serves as an adjunct
professor; and
WHEREAS, Representative Dutton was formerly associated with
Julia C. Hester House as its executive director and spent a number
of years with Conoco, Inc., where he held management positions in
corporate planning and economic analysis; as the president of Four
Star Broadcasting, he subsequently obtained an FCC license to
operate TV-67, an independent UHF station, which began airing in
the Houston area in early 1986; his law firm, Harold V. Dutton, Jr.,
and Associates, specializes in the area of civil rights and
employment discrimination; and
WHEREAS, First elected to the legislature in 1984, this
distinguished gentleman currently chairs the House Committee on
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues and serves on the public
education and the general investigating and ethics committees; he
also holds a seat on the steering committee of the House Research
Organization; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his legislative career, Representative
Dutton has championed measures that would enhance the human
resources of the state by helping more Texans to achieve their full
potential; his many legislative achievements include successful
sponsorship of the state's first statutory program to assist
women-owned and minority-owned businesses, initiatives to
strengthen public education, especially alternative education, and
creation of incentives to improve the availability and
affordability of insurance in traditionally underserved areas; and
WHEREAS, The recipient of numerous accolades, Representative
Dutton has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of the TSU School of
Business and honored by the United States Small Business
Administration, the newspaper Forward Times, the Hispanic Journal,
the Texas Women's Political Caucus, and the American Civil
Liberties Union, as well as by the Houston Police Officers'
Association, Harris County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, and
Afro-American Sheriff's Deputy Association; while in law school,
his stellar record won him a listing in Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities, and he was also designated an
Outstanding Young Man of America; and
WHEREAS, Harold Dutton is the proud father of seven children
and an active member of Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, where
he serves as an usher and sings in the male choir; in his leisure
time, he can often be found engaged in a vigorous match on the
tennis courts; and
WHEREAS, Deeply committed to advancing the cause of social
and economic justice in the State of Texas, Representative Dutton
continues to embody the highest standards of public service, and it
is a pleasure to pay tribute to him as he prepares to embark on a
new--and no doubt equally productive--decade; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Harold V. Dutton,
Jr., on the occasion of his 60th birthday and extend to him sincere
best wishes for the coming year; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Representative Dutton as an expression of high regard
by the Texas House of Representatives.
Edwards
Craddick Giddings Merritt
Allen of Harris Gonzales Miller
Allen of Dallas Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Alonzo Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anchia Goolsby Morrison
Anderson Griggs Mowery
Bailey Grusendorf Naishtat
Baxter Guillen Nixon
Berman Haggerty Noriega
Blake Hamilton Oliveira
Bohac Hamric Olivo
Bonnen Hardcastle Orr
Branch Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Paxton
Brown of Brazos Hegar Pena
Burnam Herrero Phillips
Callegari Hilderbran Pickett
Campbell Hill Pitts
Casteel Hochberg Puente
Castro Hodge Quintanilla
Chavez Homer Raymond
Chisum 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 Jackson Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis
Delisi Keel Solomons
Denny Keffer of Dallas Strama
Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Straus
Driver King of Parker Swinford
Dukes King of Zavala Talton
Dunnam Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
Geren Menendez
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 388 was adopted by the House on
February 17, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House