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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Gwendolyn Caldwell Morrison has been selected by the |
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Texas Legislative Black Caucus as the Outstanding Texan for House |
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District 95; and |
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WHEREAS, An admired educator, Dr. Morrison began her career |
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in the Palestine Independent School District in 1971 and went on to |
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teach in both the Dallas and Fort Worth Independent School |
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Districts; she further served FWISD as director of several |
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departments, including teacher certification and employee |
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staffing; deeply committed to her profession, she served the |
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National Alliance of Black School Educators in such capacities as |
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president of the Texas Alliance and president of the NABSE Council |
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of Affiliate Presidents; during four years on the NABSE Board, she |
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developed affiliates across the country and in the Bahamas; in |
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1979, she was appointed to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board, and today, after more than four decades, she ranks as the |
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longest-serving member of the board of the Tarrant County College |
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District; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Morrison has long been engaged in civic life and |
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the business community; in 1975, she cofounded the Greater Fort |
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Worth Area Negro Business & Professional Women's Club, and she |
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continues to play a key role in the group's advocacy for youth in |
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classical vocal music; at the state level, she served on both the |
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Governor's Commission for Women and the Texas Council on Purchasing |
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from People with Disabilities; she is a former president of Sixty |
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and Better and a founding member of the Historic Rosedale Park |
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Neighborhood Association; in 2015, she joined with other area |
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businesswomen to establish the Regional Women's Chamber of North |
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Texas, which she serves as treasurer; she is also chair of the |
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Community Food Bank in Fort Worth and co-chair of the African |
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American Health Expo, and she serves on the boards of the Community |
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Hospice of Texas and the Tarrant County Black Historical and |
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Genealogical Society; moreover, she and her husband, the Reverend |
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Dr. Ben A. Morrison, are valued members of Baker Chapel AME Church; |
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they are blessed with three children and one grandchild; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her exceptional contributions in multiple |
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realms, Gwendolyn Morrison has greatly benefited her fellow |
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citizens, and she is richly deserving of this accolade; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Gwendolyn Caldwell Morrison on her |
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selection by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus as the Outstanding |
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Texan for House District 95 and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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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 Dr. Morrison as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Collier |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 555 was adopted by the House on |
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February 26, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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