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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 536
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize David Mitzner on the occasion of his 100th birthday; and |
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WHEREAS, David Mitzner was born April 11, 1915, into a |
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Jewish family in Warsaw; he grew up in the newly independent |
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Poland, but when German and Soviet armies invaded in 1939 at the |
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onset of World War II, he was cut off from his family; and |
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WHEREAS, Undaunted by events, he established a |
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cross-border business operation to provide for his family in |
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Warsaw; during the course of the war, his mother and sister were |
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killed in the Holocaust, and he was imprisoned for eight years in |
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the Soviet Gulag, where his brother and father were killed; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Mitzner fled Communist-controlled Eastern |
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Europe in 1949 and arrived in New York with only $17 in his |
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pocket; through perseverance and hard work, he rebuilt his family |
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in the United States and became a successful textile |
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manufacturer; and |
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WHEREAS, He moved to Houston in 1980 and founded RIDA |
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Development Corporation, a commercial real estate firm that has |
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helped to create thousands of jobs through the development of |
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numerous office buildings, shopping centers, and major |
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convention hotels; he has been featured on the front page of the |
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Wall Street Journal and is the recipient of the Polish Medal of |
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Honor; and |
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WHEREAS, David Mitzner has lived through extraordinary |
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times and experienced events that most people only know through |
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history books, and his courage in the face of great hardship and |
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adversity exemplifies the indomitability of the human spirit; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby commend David Mitzner on his many |
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achievements and extend to him best wishes for a joyous 100th |
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birthday celebration; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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him as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Huffman |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 13, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |