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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Bessie F. Chisum of Beaumont has served her |
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community for more than three decades, and it is indeed a pleasure |
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to recognize her for her outstanding civic contributions; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of the Mississippi Delta, Bessie Chisum |
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earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi and a |
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master's degree from Louisiana State University; she went on to |
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teach Spanish, speech, and English in her home state, and she later |
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worked in the health insurance industry; in 1976, she and her |
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husband, Stewart, relocated to Beaumont, where she launched Chisum |
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Resource Management, a consulting firm specializing in leadership |
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development, strategic planning, and human resources; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Chisum began working with Leadership Southeast |
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Texas in 1993 as a program consultant, and her devotion and hard |
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work have benefited the nonprofit organization in many ways; |
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currently serving as its executive director, she brings together |
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more than 50 leaders from throughout Southeast Texas every year to |
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advance the program's goals of educating its participants on the |
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complex issues facing the area, addressing economic development, |
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and fostering regional unity; a graduate of Leadership Beaumont and |
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Leadership Texas, Mrs. Chisum has also helped create an active |
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alumni organization, and she instituted Leadership Southeast Texas |
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Day at the State Capitol; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Chisum has further contributed to numerous |
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community organizations, serving on the boards of the Beaumont |
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Public Schools Foundation, the Beaumont Community Development |
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Block Grant Citizens Advisory Committee, the local chapter of the |
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Texas Association of Business, Junior Achievement of Southeast |
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Texas, the Edison Museum, and the Julie Rogers "Gift of Life" |
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program; in addition, Mrs. Chisum is a former president of Beaumont |
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Main Street, the Beaumont Historical Landmark Commission, the Art |
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Museum of Southeast Texas, and the Association of Texas Leadership |
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Programs; she was board chair of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce |
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and has received such accolades from the group as the Athena Award |
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and the Volunteer of the Year designation; she is also an active |
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member of the Rotary Club of Beaumont and a Paul Harris fellow; and |
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WHEREAS, A distinguished civic leader, Bessie Chisum has |
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garnered the lasting respect and admiration of her fellow citizens, |
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and she may indeed reflect with great pride on the positive impact |
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she has had on her community; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Bessie F. Chisum for her dedicated public |
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service and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success |
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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 Mrs. Chisum as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Hamilton |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 867 was adopted by the House on March |
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23, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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