H.R. No. 963

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, First Lieutenant Clinton L. Eubanks is rendering
	outstanding service to this country as a member of the United States
	Marine Corps; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on August 8, 1979,
	Lieutenant Eubanks has called Houston home since 1983; he graduated
	in 1998 from Westfield High School, where he was a National Merit
	Scholar and a member of the band, and in 2002 he received a degree in
	chemical engineering from Texas A&M University; for the next three
	years, he worked as a research and development project manager with
	Frito-Lay, and he is credited with a patent for an invention he
	developed during that period; and
	WHEREAS, After joining the marines in 2006, Lieutenant
	Eubanks attended Officer Candidate School and then completed the
	marine officers' Basic School and Infantry Course; in the fall of
	2007, he was assigned to Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 3rd
	Marine Regiment, which is based in Hawaii; and
	WHEREAS, Deployed to Iraq in August 2008, Lieutenant Eubanks
	served as a platoon commander northwest of Baghdad, in Al Anbar
	Province; over the course of that deployment, he and his unit
	conducted operations with and mentored different elements of the
	Iraqi security forces; he also devoted a significant portion of his
	time to a variety of critical infrastructure projects, such as the
	renovation of schools and water purification plants and the
	construction of a new medical facility; and
	WHEREAS, Lieutenant Eubanks and his battalion returned to the
	States in March 2009 and are scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan this
	coming fall; and
	WHEREAS, A man of strong faith, Lieutenant Eubanks
	participated in the High School Praise Band at Champion Forest
	Baptist Church in Houston and the College Praise Band at Central
	Baptist Church in Bryan; he is the son of BJ and Phil Eubanks and the
	brother of Travis Eubanks, who take great pride in all his
	accomplishments; and
	WHEREAS, Through his bravery, professionalism, and devotion
	to duty, Lieutenant Eubanks embodies the highest values of the
	United States Marine Corps, and he is indeed deserving of his fellow
	citizens' deep respect and appreciation; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby commend First Lieutenant Clinton L. Eubanks for
	his exemplary service in this country's behalf and extend to him
	sincere best wishes for continued success in all his endeavors;
	and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Lieutenant Eubanks as an expression of high regard by
	the Texas House of Representatives.
	Riddle
	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 Peña
	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. 963 was adopted by the House on March
	23, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House