H.R. No. 1655
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Dallas-based Texas Instruments, Incorporated, is
celebrating its 75th anniversary on May 16, 2005, and this
memorable occasion provides a fitting opportunity to take note of
this technology innovator and the generations of Texans who have
contributed to the company's success; and
WHEREAS, Since its inception, TI has been a leading developer
of technologies that have affected the world and has pioneered
improvements in reflection seismology, defense and space
electronic systems, integrated circuits, digital signal
processing, and analog technologies; and
WHEREAS, In addition to its impressive technological and
business success, TI has consistently established the highest
standards for corporate engagement in behalf of the community; the
company and its employees are committed to education and diversity
initiatives, and TI has donated more than $89 million in the last 10
years to philanthropic organizations across the state and the
nation; in addition, the company's founders, Erik Jonsson, Eugene
McDermott, Cecil Green, and Patrick Haggerty and their families
have a legacy of charitable giving that has benefited civic,
educational, and human service entities around the world; and
WHEREAS, In 1989, TI began a formal program to identify and
develop minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises as
suppliers and has spent more than $2 billion with these firms; and
WHEREAS, Texas Instruments has received numerous awards and
honors for its business practices; it has been named one of the best
companies for working mothers by Working Mother magazine and one of
"America's most admired companies" by Fortune magazine, and it has
also won two Emmy Awards for its digital light processing
technology; and
WHEREAS, In October 2004, Texas Instruments rededicated
itself to the future of the state by breaking ground on a new $3
billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in Richardson; and
WHEREAS, The company has revolutionized the way people use
technology in their daily lives and secured a position for the
American semiconductor industry in the global marketplace, and it
is truly deserving of special recognition and praise; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Texas Instruments, Incorporated,
on the occasion of its 75th anniversary and extend to all those
associated with the company sincere best wishes for continued
success and achievement; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Texas Instruments as an expression of high regard by
the Texas House of Representatives.
Hill
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. 1655 was adopted by the House on May
16, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House