SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 746

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased
to recognize Kadiata Diop on the occasion of her initiation 
into the Omicron Theta chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, 
Incorporated; and

	WHEREAS, Founded on the campus of Howard University 
in 1920, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, is a nonprofit 
organization that provides programs based on the principles 
of scholarship, service, sisterly love, and finer womanhood; 
and

	WHEREAS, The Omicron Theta chapter was founded at 
The University of Texas at Austin on February 18, 1978; its 
prestigious alumnae have included the first African American 
woman to earn a degree in aerospace engineering and the first 
African American woman to be named Most Outstanding Student; 
and

	WHEREAS, Omicron Theta was the first undergraduate chapter
to receive a community service award from the Austin chapter of 
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; 
it has also held the honor of maintaining the highest grade point
average of all sororities since 1999; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 
79th Legislature, hereby congratulate Kadiata Diop for her 
initiation into the Omicron Theta chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Incorporated; and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared 
for her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
                                                                           Ellis




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 4, 2005.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate