81R8938 JGH-D

By: Merritt H.R. No. 860

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Dr. Peter Rodriguez has received the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Kilgore College Ex-Student Association; and

WHEREAS, The first recipient of this prestigious new award, Peter Rodriguez attended Kilgore College and then received his bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University; he went on to earn his master's degree and doctorate in economics from Princeton University; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Rodriguez has served as a lecturer at Princeton and as a professor at Texas A&M; he is currently an associate dean for international affairs and a professor at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia; he has also worked for the Global Energy Group at J.P. Morgan Chase; and

WHEREAS, Widely recognized for his important work on international trade, economic development, and globalization, this outstanding scholar has been a Ford-Rockefeller Academic Fellow, a Fellow of the British-American Project of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and an Excellence in Diversity Fellow at the University of Virginia; he has also received numerous awards for teaching excellence; and

WHEREAS, Throughout his impressive career, Dr. Rodriguez has demonstrated the qualities of intellectual rigor and commitment to excellence that indeed make him worthy of recognition as a distinguished alumni of Kilgore College; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Peter Rodriguez for receiving the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Kilgore College Ex-Students Association and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Dr. Rodriguez as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.