H.R. No. 505
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement of the Greater Tyler Area has
justly recognized Elmer G. Ellis, president and CEO of the East
Texas Medical Center Regional Health Care System (ETMC), by
inducting him into the organization's Tyler Business Hall of Fame;
and
WHEREAS, A national, nonprofit organization, Junior
Achievement is committed to educating and encouraging young people
to value free enterprise, business, and economics by conducting
programs in public and private schools with area business and
community leaders serving as mentors; and
WHEREAS, The Business Hall of Fame, the organization's
loftiest honor, recognizes those who have demonstrated industry
vision and the ability to inspire business and community leadership
and who serve as professional and civic role models; and
WHEREAS, A most deserving inductee, Mr. Ellis has greatly
benefited the lives of countless individuals as ETMC president and
CEO, and he has earned both state and national recognition for his
collaborative approach to health services, especially concerning
trauma and rural health; joining the system in 1968, he assumed his
current role in 1985, and under his leadership ETMC has grown into a
regional network of 15 hospitals and other health facilities,
programs, and services with more than 6,000 employees; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Ellis further serves his professional community
as a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and
presently officiates as regent of its East Texas division;
moreover, he is a former chair of the Texas Hospital Association, a
member of its board of directors, and board chair of its Texas
Hospital Insurance Network; he also manages to find time to work
with a number of notable civic organizations; and
WHEREAS, The induction of Elmer Ellis into the Tyler Business
Hall of Fame is indeed a testament to a man who has set a sterling
example of professionalism and leadership to which all may aspire;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Elmer G. Ellis on his acceptance
into the Tyler Business Hall of Fame of Junior Achievement of the
Greater Tyler Area and commend him for his service in behalf of his
community; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Ellis as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Berman
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton 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
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 505 was adopted by the House on March
1, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House