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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 575
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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join Texas College in recognizing the Texas College Legacy Award |
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recipients, who will be recognized at the college's first annual |
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Legacy Dinner in Tyler on April 29, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, The recipients of the Texas College Legacy Award |
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this year are Bill G. Hartley, Bishop Marshall Gilmore, |
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Representative Leo Berman, Billye Suber Williams Aaron, and Dr. |
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Margaret E. Surry-Fingal; and |
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WHEREAS, Civic leader Bill G. Hartley is the chief |
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executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of |
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Southside Bank in Tyler; Bishop Marshall Gilmore is the senior |
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bishop and the chief executive officer of the Christian Methodist |
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Episcopal Church and the presiding prelate for the Eighth |
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Episcopal District and is based in Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, Representative Leo Berman has served District 6 |
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in the state legislature since 1998; he retired from the United |
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States Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel; he is a former |
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oil company executive; Billye Suber Williams Aaron is a Texas |
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College graduate and a trustee of the college; she has earned |
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renown as a media personality, philanthropist, and education |
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advocate; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Margaret Earnestine Surry-Fingal is a Texas |
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College graduate who has held several staff positions at the |
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college; she is a widely published author and fundraiser, and she |
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is the founder of the Gamma Epsilon chapter of Delta Sigma Theta |
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Sorority, Incorporated, at Texas College; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas College Legacy Award recipients have |
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demonstrated their outstanding support for higher educational |
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opportunities for deserving students through the generosity of |
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their time, their talents, and their resources; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby commend Bill G. Hartley, Bishop Marshall |
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Gilmore, Representative Leo Berman, Billye Suber Williams Aaron, |
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and Dr. Margaret E. Surry-Fingal for their many contributions to |
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Texas College and to the educational system of this state and |
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extend to them congratulations on receiving the Texas College |
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Legacy Award; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an |
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expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Deuell |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 6, 2009. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |