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79R16221 MAM-D
By: Harper-Brown H.R. No. 1831
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Realtor Ebby Halliday of Dallas has been named a
2005 Distinguished American by the Horatio Alger Association; and
WHEREAS, The award recognizes Americans who have overcome
humble beginnings and various adversities to achieve outstanding
personal and professional success; and
WHEREAS, After graduating from high school, Ebby Halliday
left a farm in Kansas and moved to Dallas in 1938 to pursue a career
selling hats; she quickly realized she had a talent for selling
houses, and her one-woman firm eventually grew to become Ebby
Halliday Realtors, which today has 27 branch offices and more than
1,200 sales associates; posting $4.2 billion in sales for 2004, it
ranks 20th in the nation and first in Texas in residential sales;
and
WHEREAS, In addition to building a successful real estate
company, Ms. Halliday has been a mentor and role model for
individuals wanting to pursue a career in home sales, and she is a
dedicated philanthropist who donates her time and funds to numerous
organizations that benefit children, cultural and community
improvements, and scholarships and educational programs; and
WHEREAS, Ebby Halliday is truly an exceptional civic leader
and businesswoman who has helped to pave the way for women in what
had been a male-dominated profession in the 1940s and 1950s and
built one of the most successful real estate companies in the
country; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Ebby Halliday on being named a 2005
Distinguished American by the Horatio Alger Association and extend
to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Halliday as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.