H.R. No. 625
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Celebrated actress and native Texan Loretta Devine
  is being honored at the African American Legislative Summit, which
  is being held in Austin on February 28 and March 1, 2011; and
         WHEREAS, During the summit's scholarship banquet, the Texas
  Legislative Black Caucus is presenting a scholarship named after
  Ms. Devine to a college-bound high school senior; and
         WHEREAS, Born in Houston, Ms. Devine was a stage director at
  the Black Arts Center in the early 1970s; after earning a master of
  fine arts degree from Brandeis University, she performed in a
  number of notable stage productions in New York, including Godsong,
  Hair, Dreamgirls, and The Colored Museum, working with such
  theatrical luminaries as Michael Bennett, Bob Fosse, and George C.
  Wolfe; and
         WHEREAS, Ms. Devine began performing on television in 1987 as
  a member of the cast of A Different World, and she has done guest and
  recurring roles on such shows as Roc, Picket Fences, Touched by an
  Angel, and Moesha; she has been a regular on Boston Public, The PJs,
  Wild Card, Eli Stone, and Grey's Anatomy; she also appeared in the
  television film The Murder of Mary Phagan and the PBS production of
  The Colored Museum; and
         WHEREAS, To date, Ms. Devine has appeared in almost 50 films,
  including roles in The Preacher's Wife, I Am Sam, Crash,
  Dreamgirls, Death at a Funeral, and For Colored Girls; her
  outstanding performance as Gloria in Waiting to Exhale earned her a
  1996 NAACP Image Award; and
         WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, actress Loretta Devine has
  been delighting audiences and inspiring young performers to pursue
  a career in the arts, and it is indeed fitting that a scholarship
  should be named in her honor; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
  Legislature hereby honor Loretta Devine and commemorate the
  presentation of a scholarship in her name at the 2011 African
  American Legislative Summit in Austin; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Ms. Devine as an expression of high regard by the Texas
  House of Representatives.
 
  Turner
 
 
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
 
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
 
Allen Gooden Murphy
 
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
 
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
 
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
 
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
 
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
 
Aycock Harless Parker
 
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
 
Berman Hartnett Paxton
 
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
 
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
 
Branch Hochberg Phillips
 
Brown Hopson Pickett
 
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
 
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
 
Button Huberty Quintanilla
 
Cain Hughes Raymond
 
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
 
Carter Isaac Riddle
 
Castro Jackson Ritter
 
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
 
Christian Keffer Schwertner
 
Coleman King of Parker Scott
 
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
 
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
 
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
 
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
 
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
 
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
 
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
 
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
 
Deshotel Lavender Strama
 
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
 
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
 
Dutton Lozano Thompson
 
Eiland Lucio III Torres
 
Eissler Lyne Truitt
 
Elkins Madden Turner
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Margo Villarreal
 
Fletcher Marquez Vo
 
Flynn Martinez Walle
 
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
 
Gallego McClendon White
 
Garza Menendez Woolley
 
Geren Miles Workman
 
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
 
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 625 was adopted by the House on February
  28, 2011, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House