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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Tommy Wayne Engelke is retiring as executive vice |
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president of the Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council on June 30, |
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2023, drawing to a close an exceptional career with the |
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organization that has spanned 34 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Raised on a Kingsbury-area farm, Tommy Engelke |
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participated in livestock shows as a youth and graduated from |
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Luling High School, where he was FFA president and a member of the |
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state's top FFA dairy cattle judging team; he was also president of |
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the FFA Work Experience Abroad program; continuing his education at |
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Texas A&M University, he earned an agronomy degree and a master's |
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degree in agricultural communications and was national student |
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president of the Soil Conservation Society of America; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Engelke became a trainee for the Soil |
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Conservation Service in Seguin in 1974 and in Gonzales the |
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following year, and he went on to join the Rice Council for market |
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development in Houston; in 1977, he joined Texas Farm Credit, |
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working for CoBank and then the Farm Credit Bank of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1989, Mr. Engelke launched his career with the |
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Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council, serving as associate vice |
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president before assuming the role of executive vice president in |
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1996; traveling some 32,000 miles every year, he makes field |
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contacts with member organizations, speaks to groups, and |
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facilitates business planning exercises; he further contributes to |
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his professional community as a Certified Crop Adviser board member |
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and as a former president of the National Conference of State |
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Cooperative Councils and Professional Agricultural Workers of |
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Texas; he has also served as chair of the Texas Agriculture Council |
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and the Texas Workforce Commission Agricultural Services Advisory |
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Council; and |
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WHEREAS, Tommy Engelke's leadership, dedication, and |
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expertise have greatly benefited his fellow Texans, and he may |
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indeed reflect with pride on his many achievements 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 Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby congratulate Tommy Wayne Engelke on his retirement as |
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executive vice president of the Texas Agricultural Cooperative |
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Council and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Engelke as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |