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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Peter Rodriguez has received the 2008 |
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Distinguished Alumni Award from the Kilgore College Ex-Student |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, The first recipient of this prestigious new award, |
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Peter Rodriguez attended Kilgore College and then received his |
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bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University; he went on to earn his |
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master's degree and doctorate in economics from Princeton |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Rodriguez has served as a lecturer at Princeton |
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and as a professor at Texas A&M; he is currently an associate dean |
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for international affairs and a professor at the Darden School of |
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Business at the University of Virginia; he has also worked for the |
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Global Energy Group at J.P. Morgan Chase; and |
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WHEREAS, Widely recognized for his important work on |
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international trade, economic development, and globalization, this |
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outstanding scholar has been a Ford-Rockefeller Academic Fellow, a |
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Fellow of the British-American Project of Johns Hopkins School of |
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Advanced International Studies, and an Excellence in Diversity |
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Fellow at the University of Virginia; he has also received numerous |
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awards for teaching excellence; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his impressive career, Dr. Rodriguez has |
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demonstrated the qualities of intellectual rigor and commitment to |
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excellence that indeed make him worthy of recognition as a |
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distinguished alumni of Kilgore College; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Peter Rodriguez for receiving |
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the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Kilgore College |
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Ex-Students Association and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Rodriguez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |