H.R. No. 57
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The chess team of The University of Texas at Dallas
  won top honors at the President's Cup chess tournament in
  Baltimore, Maryland, on April 6, 2008; and
         WHEREAS, This prestigious competition is the chess
  equivalent of the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament and brings
  together the four top American teams as decided by the Pan American
  Intercollegiate Chess Championships, the other major collegiate
  chess competition; and
         WHEREAS, A perennial powerhouse in the game, UT Dallas has
  won the Pan American tournament for the past two years, and its
  victory in the President's Cup was likewise its second consecutive
  win and fourth win overall in that contest; no other college team
  has ever garnered both titles for two years in a row; and
         WHEREAS, Under the leadership of team coach Rade Milovanovic
  and chess program director Jim Stallings, the victorious UT Dallas
  squad was made up of Alejandro Alvarez Ramirez and Magesh
  Panchanathan, who are ranked at the grandmaster level, and Marko
  Zivanic, Davorin Kuljasevic, John Bartholomew, and Drasko
  Boskovic, who are international masters; and
         WHEREAS, Every UT Dallas player won at least one match in the
  tournament in Baltimore, and Mr. Zivanic, a native of Serbia and a
  junior in computer science, earned a perfect score, winning all
  three of his matches; together, the team members triumphed over
  outstanding competitors from New York University and Miami Dade
  College, as well as their archrival, the University of Maryland,
  Baltimore County; and
         WHEREAS, This latest success for the remarkable UT Dallas
  players brings further credit to the university and to the State of
  Texas, and these hardworking, disciplined, and talented
  competitors may take great pride in their accomplishment; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate The University of Texas at Dallas
  chess team on winning the 2008 President's Cup chess championship
  and extend to the members of the team sincere best wishes for
  continued success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas
  House of Representatives.
 
  Madden
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Pena
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 57 was adopted by the House on
  February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House