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                                                                  H.R. No. 917


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to recognize the Texas Lyceum Association on the occasion of its 25th anniversary; and WHEREAS, Following the tradition Aristotle established with the Lyceum of ancient Athens, the Texas Lyceum Association was created in 1980 to address the critical questions facing Texas through open debate and discussion among its members; and WHEREAS, The Texas Lyceum brings together individuals with diverse opinions and expertise for the benefit of state leaders, ensuring Texas a place in the forefront of our nation's journey into the 21st century; and WHEREAS, The association seeks to identify and develop the next generation of top leadership in Texas and to promote stewardship of the values, traditions, and resources of our state; and WHEREAS, Former members of the association include such luminaries as President George W. Bush, John Sharp, United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Lena Guerrero; the membership is a diverse group that includes doctors, lawyers, government officials, artists, and clergy; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate the members of the Texas Lyceum Association on the occasion of the organization's 25th anniversary and honor them for 25 years of meritorious service to Texas; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the organization as an expression of esteem by the Texas House of Representatives. Gallego 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. 917 was adopted by the House on March 31, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House