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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Alexander Good-Suhm, a senior at Rapoport Academy |
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Meyer High School in Waco, participated in the Texas High School |
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Aerospace Scholars program at NASA during the summer of 2014; and |
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WHEREAS, The HAS program was established in 1999 as a |
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partnership between the State of Texas, NASA's Johnson Space Center |
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in Houston, and the Texas educational community to encourage |
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student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math |
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careers; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Good-Suhm was one of 260 high school juniors to |
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join in the weeklong program at Johnson Space Center; participants |
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toured the facilities, heard briefings by NASA experts, and |
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presented a jointly developed proposal for a mission to Mars to a |
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gathering of their parents, the space center's senior management, |
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members of the Texas Legislature, and representatives from the |
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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Rotary Club; and |
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WHEREAS, An exemplary scholar, Mr. Good-Suhm was named a |
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Commended Student for 2015 by the National Merit Scholarship |
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Program; he has worked as a research assistant at the Baylor |
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Research and Innovation Collaborative, and he plans to study |
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physics after graduating from Rapoport Academy Meyer High School; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This fine young Texan is moving toward the front |
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ranks of the next generation of scientists and engineers, and he is |
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indeed a source of great pride to his family and his school; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Alexander Good-Suhm for his |
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participation in the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program |
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and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Good-Suhm as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Anderson of McLennan |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2739 was adopted by the House on May |
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21, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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