84R26213 KSM-D

By: Anderson of McLennan H.R. No. 2739

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Alexander Good-Suhm, a senior at Rapoport Academy Meyer High School in Waco, participated in the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program at NASA during the summer of 2014; and

WHEREAS, The HAS program was established in 1999 as a partnership between the State of Texas, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the Texas educational community to encourage student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math careers; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Good-Suhm was one of 260 high school juniors to join in the weeklong program at Johnson Space Center; participants toured the facilities, heard briefings by NASA experts, and presented a jointly developed proposal for a mission to Mars to a gathering of their parents, the space center's senior management, members of the Texas Legislature, and representatives from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Rotary Club; and

WHEREAS, An exemplary scholar, Mr. Good-Suhm was named a Commended Student for 2015 by the National Merit Scholarship Program; he has worked as a research assistant at the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative, and he plans to study physics after graduating from Rapoport Academy Meyer High School; and

WHEREAS, This fine young Texan is moving toward the front ranks of the next generation of scientists and engineers, and he is indeed a source of great pride to his family and his school; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby commend Alexander Good-Suhm for his participation in the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program 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. Good-Suhm as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.