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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ronald H. Hufford will retire as executive director |
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of the Texas Forestry Association on December 31, 2017, drawing to a |
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close more than three decades of outstanding service to that |
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institution; and |
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WHEREAS, After earning a bachelor's degree in forestry from |
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Southern Illinois University in 1971, Mr. Hufford served his |
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country for four years as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force; he then |
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joined the Southern Forest Products Association, where he worked as |
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a field representative, as director of field services, and |
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ultimately as vice president of the Forest Resources and |
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Environmental Division; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1984, Mr. Hufford assumed the helm of the Texas |
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Forestry Association, and he has excelled over the past 33 years in |
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furthering that organization's mission to promote forest |
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conservation and the forestry industry; he has also chaired the |
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Texas Agricultural Council, the Texas Society of Association |
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Executives, and the Texas A&M Forest Science Advisory Council, and |
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has served on the advisory board of the Texas Agricultural Lifetime |
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Leadership Program; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hufford's many accolades include the |
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Distinguished Service to Forestry Award from the Texas Society of |
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American Foresters, the Bill Clements Memorial Award from Build |
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East Texas, and the Fellow Award from the Society of American |
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Foresters; in 2015, this esteemed Texan was inducted into the Texas |
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Forestry Hall of Fame, and in 2016, the new TFA headquarters |
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building in Lufkin was named in his honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure as TFA executive director, Ron |
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Hufford has brought to his myriad duties an exceptional breadth of |
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experience and a consummate professionalism, and he may indeed |
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reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks upon the |
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next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Ronald H. Hufford for his exemplary |
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leadership of the Texas Forestry Association and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Hufford as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Ashby |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 176 was adopted by the House on |
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February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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