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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Justin C. Stewart is graduating from the Thurgood |
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Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University on May 11, 2007; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Attaining a law degree is truly a notable milestone, |
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for it represents the culmination of years of hard work and |
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perseverance; and |
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WHEREAS, While a law student, Mr. Stewart has been a member of |
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the American Bar Association Business Law Section, the Houston Law |
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Association, and the Sports Entertainment Law Society; in addition, |
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this National Bar Institute African American Law Student Fellow was |
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named to the Dean's List and participated in the Helen Dawn Williams |
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Mock Trial Competition; and |
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WHEREAS, Before attending Texas Southern University, Mr. |
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Stewart earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from |
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Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was a linebacker |
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for the Maroon Tigers football team and a fixture on the Dean's |
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List; throughout his undergraduate career, he also was a member of |
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Phi Beta Sigma and an Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar and Council Legal |
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Education Opportunity Fellow; and |
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WHEREAS, This industrious and civic-minded individual has |
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given back to his community as director of Traynor House and as a |
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volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Columbus, Ohio, as well |
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as with a Columbus homeless shelter; and |
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WHEREAS, Supported and encouraged throughout his education |
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by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Stewart, and by his brother, Bruce, |
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Justin Stewart has earned widespread admiration for his |
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determination, humor, and abilities, and he is most deserving of |
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special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Justin C. Stewart on his graduation |
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from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern |
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University and extend to him best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Stewart as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |