H.R. No. 727
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Roland G. Parrish has been named the recipient of
  the 2015 Texas Black Legislative Caucus Community Award for House
  District 111; and
         WHEREAS, The president and chief executive officer of Parrish
  McDonald's Restaurants Limited, Mr. Parrish purchased his first
  McDonald's franchise in 1989; his company now owns two dozen stores
  in the Dallas area, and it has been listed for nine consecutive
  years on the Black Enterprise magazine list of the Top 100
  Black-Owned Businesses in the United States; and
         WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan is serving his third term as
  chair and chief executive officer of the National Black McDonald's
  Operators Association, which represents 1,400 restaurants and
  awards more than $750,000 in scholarships annually; in addition, he
  serves on the board of Ronald McDonald House Charities of North
  Texas; his numerous accolades include the 365Black Award and the
  Paul D. Schrage Lifetime Achievement Award; and
         WHEREAS, Deeply committed to the advancement of higher
  education, Mr. Parrish has given generously of his resources to his
  alma mater, Purdue University, where he earned both his bachelor's
  and master's degrees in business; he donated $2 million for a
  state-of-the-art renovation of the facility now known as the Roland
  G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics, which is the first
  major building on the Purdue campus to be named in honor of an
  African American alumnus; moreover, he has contributed liberally to
  Purdue athletics and the Krannert School of Management, and he has
  funded two scholarships; and
         WHEREAS, Roland Parrish has set a sterling example as a
  business leader and philanthropist, and he is indeed deserving of
  this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate Roland G. Parrish on his receipt of
  the 2015 Texas Black Legislative Caucus Community Award for House
  District 111 and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future;
  and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Mr. Parrish as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.
 
  Davis of Dallas
 
 
Straus Guerra Otto
 
Allen Guillen Paddie
 
Alonzo Gutierrez Parker
 
Alvarado Harless Paul
 
Anchia Hernandez Peña
 
Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan
 
Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips
 
Ashby Huberty Pickett
 
Aycock Hughes Price
 
Bell Hunter Raney
 
Blanco Isaac Raymond
 
Bohac Israel Reynolds
 
Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle
 
Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi
 
Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
 
Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis
 
Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr.
 
Button King of Parker Rose
 
Canales King of Taylor Sanford
 
Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer
 
Clardy Klick Schofield
 
Coleman Koop Shaheen
 
Collier Krause Sheets
 
Cook Kuempel Sheffield
 
Craddick Landgraf Simmons
 
Crownover Larson Simpson
 
Dale Laubenberg Smith
 
Darby Leach Smithee
 
Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer
 
Davis of Harris Lozano Springer
 
Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson
 
Dukes Márquez Stickland
 
Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
 
Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
 
Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt
 
Fallon Menéndez Turner of Collin
 
Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris
 
Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant
 
Farrar Miles VanDeaver
 
Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba
 
Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
 
Frank Moody Walle
 
Frullo Morrison White of Bell
 
Galindo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
 
Geren Murphy Workman
 
Giddings Murr Wray
 
Goldman Naishtat Wu
 
Gonzales Nevárez Zedler
 
González Oliveira Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 727 was adopted by the House on February
  26, 2015, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House