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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Joanne Brown is retiring as director of conference |
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planning and media at the Texas Workforce Commission in 2013, |
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drawing to a close a notable career with the State of Texas that has |
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spanned more than 35 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Brown initially worked in the House |
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Administration office for the Texas House of Representatives and |
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then spent seven years with the Sesquicentennial Commission, where |
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she had the distinction of being the last employee remaining when |
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operations ceased; shortly thereafter, in 1987, she embarked on her |
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tenure with the Texas Workforce Commission and ultimately settled |
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into the position of director of conference planning and media; in |
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acknowledgment of the skill and dedication that she brought to her |
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duties, she received a 1992 Best of Austin Award of Excellence from |
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the local chapter of the International Association of Business |
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Communicators and was additionally a nominee for a 2002 Outstanding |
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Women in Texas Government award; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Brown has enjoyed the |
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love and support of her husband of 42 years, Robert Brown, with whom |
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she shared in the joy of raising a daughter, Julianne, and later in |
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welcoming a son-in-law, Mark King; a doting grandmother to Grayson |
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and Sutton King, she also is a caring and supportive daughter to her |
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own mother, Maxine Carrick; and |
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WHEREAS, Joanne Brown's professionalism and commitment to |
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excellence have greatly benefited her colleagues and fellow Texans, |
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and she may indeed take pride in a career well spent as she embarks |
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on the next exciting chapter of her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Joanne Brown |
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on her retirement from the Texas Workforce Commission and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Brown as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |