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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Walter Elcock of Dallas is retiring from Bank of |
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America in 2013, drawing to a close a notable tenure in banking that |
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has spanned nearly four decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of the University of North Carolina at |
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Chapel Hill, Mr. Elcock began his exemplary 39-year career in 1974, |
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when he became a management trainee with North Carolina National |
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Bank, a predecessor of NationsBank and Bank of America; over the |
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years, he has distinguished himself in positions of increasing |
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responsibility, several of which have brought him to the Lone Star |
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State; he first came to Texas in 1988 and remained for a decade, |
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overseeing operations at a bank in Dallas; in 1998, Mr. Elcock left |
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Texas to become senior transition executive with responsibility for |
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managing the NationsBank and BankAmerica merger, and three years |
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later, in July 2001, he was named to the post of Operational Risk |
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executive; he returned to Dallas in December 2001, when he was |
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appointed president of Bank of America Texas, and in 2007 he assumed |
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the additional duties of Market President executive and Community |
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Division Banking Center executive; he later relocated to San |
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Francisco as West Division Banking Center executive; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Elcock subsequently served as Banking Center |
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Channel executive, with responsibility for building relationships |
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with customers and communities through more than 5,900 banking |
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centers in 32 states and the District of Columbia; he is retiring as |
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Consumer Business Controls and Readiness Management executive and |
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as executive sponsor for the Associate Engagement Advisory Board |
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for Consumer Banking, Business Banking, and Global Wealth and |
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Investment Management; and |
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WHEREAS, Despite his busy professional life, this caring |
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gentleman has found time to give back generously to his community; |
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he is a member and former chair of the board of the Dallas Museum of |
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Art, a board member of the State Fair of Texas, and a past board |
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member of the Texas chapter of the March of Dimes; in addition, he |
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has participated in the March for Babies around White Rock Lake for |
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the March of Dimes, and he has devoted weekends to helping build |
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houses for Habitat for Humanity; and |
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WHEREAS, His widespread interests are reflected in pastimes |
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that range from playing his guitar to feeding the fowl at the |
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Trinity River Audubon Center and in his intense appreciation of |
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both fine art and cowboy boots; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout all his endeavors, Walter Elcock has |
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enjoyed the love and support of Laura Elcock, his wife of 44 years; |
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the couple take great pride in their daughters and sons-in-law, |
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Katherine and Aaron Schwartz and Hyla and Jake Shultz, and in their |
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grandchildren, Jasper, Elsa, Luke, and Holden; and |
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WHEREAS, Walter Elcock's professionalism and commitment to |
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excellence have greatly benefited Bank of America and its customers |
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and have earned him the lasting respect and admiration of his peers, |
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and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as he |
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embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Walter Elcock on the occasion of |
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his retirement from Bank of America and recognize him as an honorary |
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Texan, with all the privileges accorded those individuals native to |
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the Lone Star State; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Elcock as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |