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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Chair of the board and chief executive officer of |
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Texas Bank and Trust, Rogers Pope, Sr., was honored by the Texas |
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Bankers Association, which presented him with the 50-Year Banker |
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Award in May 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Pope began his notable career half a century ago |
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as a management trainee at the First National Bank in Dallas; he |
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later was vice president and director of the First State Bank of |
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Overton and worked for the international accounting firm of Peat, |
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Marwick, Mitchell & Company as a certified public accountant before |
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joining Longview Bank and Trust as a vice president and commercial |
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loan officer in 1969; he became president of the bank in 1970, and |
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in 1975 he was named chair; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Overton, Mr. Pope graduated first in his |
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class from Baylor University and summa cum laude from Southern |
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Methodist University, where he earned his MBA; he went on to |
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graduate with distinction from the Southwest Graduate School of |
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Banking; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to his responsibilities at Texas Bank |
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and Trust, Mr. Pope is chair of the board of First State Bank of Van, |
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Lindale State Bank, and First State Bank of Overton; he has also |
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served on the board of TIB, the Independent Bankers Bank, in Dallas; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has served on the board of |
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regents of Baylor University and on the board of trustees of |
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LeTourneau University, where he was chair of the board for three |
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terms; he currently chairs the board of the Bruce McMillan |
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Foundation, a philanthropic organization in Overton; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Pope has further served as president of the |
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Longview Partnership and the Longview Rotary Club; his |
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contributions have been honored with the Chairman's Award from the |
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Longview Partnership, the Paul Harris Award from the Rotary Club, |
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the Henry O. Gossett Award from LeTourneau University, and the East |
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Texas Heritage Award; and |
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WHEREAS, For five decades, Rogers Pope has served his |
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industry and community with dedication and integrity, and it is a |
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pleasure to honor him on his latest achievement; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Rogers Pope, |
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Sr., on earning the 50-Year Banker Award from the Texas Bankers |
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Association and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Pope as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Merritt |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 51 was adopted by the House on July 2, |
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2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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