H.R. No. 61

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Dr. George C. Wright is celebrating his 10th
	anniversary as president of Prairie View A&M University on August
	15, 2013; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Lexington, Kentucky, George Wright
	earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the
	University of Kentucky and his doctorate in history from Duke
	University; and
	WHEREAS, After beginning his academic career at the
	University of Kentucky in 1977, Dr. Wright taught at The University
	of Texas at Austin from 1980 to 1993, where he was the Mastin Gentry
	White Professor of Southern History and vice provost for
	undergraduate education; in 1993, he became the vice provost for
	university programs and director of the African and African
	American Studies program at Duke University; he went on to serve as
	executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at The
	University of Texas at Arlington; on August 15, 2003, he became the
	seventh president of Prairie View A&M University, the second-oldest
	public institution of higher learning in the Lone Star State; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Wright's scholarship includes three books, A
	History of Blacks in Kentucky, Volume 2: In Pursuit of Equality,
	1890-1980; Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky,
	1865-1930; and Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings,
	Mob Rule, and "Legal Lynchings", which earned him the Governor's
	Award of the Kentucky Historical Society; his work-in-progress is a
	biography of the African American leader Robert Charles O'Hara
	Benjamin; and
	WHEREAS, This distinguished scholar, educator, and
	administrator has received many fellowships, grants, and awards; he
	earned the Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching, the
	"Eyes of Texas Excellence" Award, and the Kappa Alpha Psi
	Fraternity Award for Outstanding Black Faculty Member from The
	University of Texas at Austin, where he was also the Friar Society
	Centennial Fellow for Teaching Excellence, the Silver Spurs
	Centennial Teaching Fellow, and the Lillian and Tom B. Rhodes
	Centennial Teaching Fellow; in addition, he received the Andrew
	W. Mellon Faculty Fellowship at Harvard University; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Wright has contributed to his profession as a
	member of the editorial boards of the Louisiana State University
	Press Southern Biography Series and the Journal of Southern History
	and through his work with the Southern Historical Association
	Program Committee; a leader in his community as well, he has served
	on the boards of the Arlington Chamber Foundation and the Medical
	Center of Arlington; and
	WHEREAS, Under his exemplary leadership, Prairie View A&M
	University has built on its already sterling reputation for
	providing an excellent education to generations of engineers,
	nurses, and educators, and Dr. Wright may indeed take great pride
	in his skilled stewardship of the university as he celebrates this
	special anniversary; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
	Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. George
	C. Wright on his 10 years as president of Prairie View A&M
	University and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued
	success in his important work; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Dr. Wright as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.
	Giddings
	White
	Allen
	Turner of Harris
	Bell
	Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira
	Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr
	Alonzo Gooden Otto
	Alvarado Guerra Paddie
	Anchia Guillen Parker
	Anderson Gutierrez Patrick
	Ashby Harless Perez
	Aycock Harper-Brown Perry
	Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips
	Bohac Herrero Pickett
	Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts
	Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price
	Branch Huberty Raney
	Burkett Hughes Ratliff
	Burnam Hunter Raymond
	Button Isaac Reynolds
	Callegari Johnson Riddle
	Canales Kacal Ritter
	Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis
	Clardy King of Parker Rose
	Coleman King of Taylor Sanford
	Collier King of Zavala Schaefer
	Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets
	Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell
	Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell
	Creighton Krause Simmons
	Crownover Kuempel Simpson
	Dale Larson Smith
	Darby Laubenberg Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer
	J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson
	S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland
	Deshotel Longoria Strama
	Dukes Lozano Taylor
	Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria
	Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris
	Elkins Martinez Toth
	Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin
	Farias McClendon Turner of Harris
	Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles Villalba
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White
	Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman
	Giddings Murphy Wu
	Goldman Naishtat Zedler
	Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 61 was adopted by the House on July 11,
	2013, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House