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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jerry King is retiring as president of Trinity |
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Valley Community College on May 31, 2023, drawing to a close four |
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and a half decades of distinguished service to the institution; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Commerce, Dr. King earned his bachelor's |
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degree in economics in 1973, his master's degree in business |
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administration in 1975, and his doctorate in education in 1986, all |
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from Texas A&M University-Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, This dedicated educator first joined TVCC in the |
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1970s, and over the course of his exemplary 45-year tenure with the |
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school, he has served as a business and economics professor, dean of |
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Workforce Education, associate vice president of Workforce |
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Education and Business Affairs, vice president of instruction, and |
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chief instructional officer; since 2016, he has been TVCC's |
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president, and in that role he has earned the respect and admiration |
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of the college's faculty, students, and staff; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. King has been a leader in his community as well; |
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from 1995 to 2005, he served as mayor of Athens, and from 2008 to |
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2012, he was board vice chair of the Trinity Valley Electric |
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Cooperative; he has also served as president of the Athens Noon |
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Kiwanis Club, vice president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and |
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the Henderson County United Way, and president of the East Texas |
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Economic Development District and the East Texas Tech-Prep |
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Consortium, and he has sat on the boards of the Texas A&M |
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University-Commerce Alumni Association and Workforce Solutions |
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East Texas, among other groups; his many honors include service |
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awards from his alma mater and the Henderson County Retired |
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Teachers and recognition as Citizen of the Year in Athens; and |
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WHEREAS, Jerry King has served Trinity Valley Community |
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College with skill, dedication, and enthusiasm for nearly half a |
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century, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent |
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as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Jerry King on his retirement as |
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president of Trinity Valley Community College and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. King as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Bell of Kaufman |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 52 was adopted by the House on March |
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8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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