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  80R20944 JGH-D
 
  By: Ortiz, Jr. 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.