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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Terry G. McCoy of Austin is retiring from the Texas |
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Department of Transportation on May 31, 2019, drawing to a close an |
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outstanding career with the agency that has spanned more than three |
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decades; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of a TxDOT career employee, Terry McCoy |
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first joined the department while he was still in school, working |
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during the summers in the Burnet Resident Engineer's Office; after |
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graduating from Texas A&M University in 1988, he accepted a |
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position with the department as an engineering assistant in the |
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newly formed Austin District South Travis area office; four years |
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later, he was selected to participate in the TxDOT Master's |
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Program, and he earned a master's degree in civil engineering from |
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The University of Texas in 1993; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. McCoy subsequently worked in the geometric |
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design section of the agency's design division and then served as |
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design engineer for the New Braunfels area office in the San Antonio |
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District; in 2002, he returned to the Austin District as Burnet area |
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engineer, and he later held the roles of North Travis area engineer |
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and director of transportation, planning, and development before |
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retiring as deputy district engineer in 2015; he rejoined the |
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department in January 2016, and since that time, he has served as |
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Austin District engineer; his honors include the 2013 Luther |
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DeBerry Award as well as the 2018 Man of the Year Award from the |
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Heart of Texas WTS Chapter; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. McCoy enjoys the love and |
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support of his wife, Becky, and their two daughters, Hannah and |
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Claire; and |
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WHEREAS, Terry McCoy's dedication, professionalism, and |
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commitment to excellence have greatly benefited his fellow Texans |
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and earned him the respect and admiration of his peers, and he may |
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indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks on |
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the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Terry G. McCoy on his retirement |
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from the Texas Department of Transportation 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. McCoy as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |