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  H.R. No. 2531
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, William G. Otton retired from his position as
  director of the Art Museum of South Texas in March 2007, after 14
  years of service to the Corpus Christi arts community and nearly
  three decades in arts administration; and
         WHEREAS, Born in Honolulu, Bill Otton served as an associate
  professor of art at Corpus Christi State University from 1974 until
  1980, when he began his career in arts administration as the
  director of the Laguna Art Museum in California; in 1988, he began a
  two-year tenure as president of the Art Institute of Southern
  California in Laguna Beach, and from 1990 to 1993 he served as
  president of the Wichita Center for the Arts in Kansas; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Otton returned to Corpus Christi in 1993 to take
  over as director of the Art Museum of South Texas; over the course
  of the next 14 years, he was instrumental in the growth of this
  dynamic institution, expanding the museum's collection from 700 art
  works to some 2,000 and helping to increase its endowment from
  $45,000 to $750,000; and
         WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Otton led a 10-year effort to
  expand the museum's facilities, initiating a $10 million capital
  campaign that resulted in the opening in October 2006 of a
  28,000-square-foot addition designed by Mexican architect Ricardo
  Legorreta; and
         WHEREAS, A fine painter in his own right, Bill Otton has been
  a champion for the arts in Corpus Christi, and he has contributed
  greatly to the cultural vitality of the region; now, therefore, be
  it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate William G. Otton on his retirement
  as director of the Art Museum of South Texas and extend to him best
  wishes for success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Mr. Otton as an expression of high regard by the Texas
  House of Representatives.
 
  Ortiz, Jr.
 
 
Craddick Gattis Miles
 
Allen Geren Miller
 
Alonzo Giddings Moreno
 
Anchia Gonzales Morrison
 
Anderson Gonzalez Toureilles Mowery
 
Aycock Goolsby Murphy
 
Bailey Guillen Naishtat
 
Berman Haggerty Noriega
 
Bohac Hamilton O'Day
 
Bolton Hancock Oliveira
 
Bonnen Hardcastle Olivo
 
Branch Harless Orr
 
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Otto
 
Burnam Heflin Parker
 
Callegari Hernandez Patrick
 
Castro Herrero Paxton
 
Chavez Hilderbran Pena
 
Chisum Hill Phillips
 
Christian Hochberg Pickett
 
Cohen Hodge Pierson
 
Coleman Homer Pitts
 
Cook of Navarro Hopson Puente
 
Cook of Colorado Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Corte Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Crabb Hughes Riddle
 
Creighton Isett Ritter
 
Crownover Jackson Rodriguez
 
Darby Jones Rose
 
Davis of Harris Keffer Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Parker Smith of Harris
 
Delisi King of Taylor Smithee
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Solomons
 
Driver Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dukes Krusee Straus
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Latham Talton
 
Eiland Laubenberg Taylor
 
Eissler Leibowitz Thompson
 
Elkins Lucio III Truitt
 
England Macias Turner
 
Escobar Madden Van Arsdale
 
Farabee Mallory Caraway Vaught
 
Farias Martinez Veasey
 
Farrar Martinez Fischer Villarreal
 
Flores McCall Vo
 
Flynn McClendon West
 
Frost McReynolds Woolley
 
Gallego Menendez Zedler
 
Garcia Merritt Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 2531 was adopted by the House on May
  23, 2007, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House