H.R. No. 1117

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Mary Nan West has devoted her time and energy to the cause of agriculture in the State of Texas, and among her greatest accomplishments in this regard has been her service to The Texas A&M University System as a member of its board of regents; and

WHEREAS, At the age of 18 she began overseeing operations on her grandparent's Rafter S Ranch, and that invaluable experience enabled her to develop the leadership skills, integrity, and unshakeable values that have been the hallmark of all her many efforts; and

WHEREAS, Ms.West was appointed to The Texas A&M University System's board of regents in 1991, and her fellow regents selected her to hold the regent's chair, making her the first woman to be so honored; and

WHEREAS, During her highly productive tenure as a regent at Texas A&M University, she consistently made the needs of students her first priority and never allowed her distinguished colleagues to forget that the "A" in A&M stood for agriculture; and

WHEREAS, Truly a trailblazer in her field, Ms.West was the first woman to serve on the Texas Animal Health Commission, and the first of her gender to hold the office of president of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition Board, where she later served as chair; and

WHEREAS, Under her able leadership the San Antonio livestock show's volunteer corps quadrupled and its scholarship fund increased dramatically; in addition, she established from show funds an education program to teach San Antonio's schoolchildren where their food supply originates; and

WHEREAS, Throughout the history of the Lone Star State, agriculture has played a significant role in the state's economy, and Mary Nan West's many achievements in this vital area are indeed worthy of special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas Legislature honor Mary Nan West on her commitment to the promotion of agriculture in the State of Texas and her extraordinary service to The Texas A&M University System as a member of the board of regents; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mary Nan West as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.

King

Laney
Alexander
Allen
Alvarado
Averitt
Bailey
Berlanga
Bonnen
Bosse
Brimer
Burnam
Carter
Chavez
Chisum
Christian
Clark
Coleman
Cook
Corte
Counts
Crabb
Craddick
Cuellar
Culberson
Danburg
Davila
Davis
Delisi
Denny
Driver
Dukes
Dunnam
Dutton
Edwards
Ehrhardt
Eiland
Elkins
Farrar
Finnell
Flores
Gallego
Galloway
Garcia
Giddings
Glaze
Goodman
Goolsby
Gray
Greenberg
Grusendorf / Gutierrez
Haggerty
Hamric
Hartnett
Hawley
Heflin
Hernandez
Hightower
Hilbert
Hilderbran
Hill
Hinojosa
Hirschi
Hochberg
Hodge
Holzheauser
Horn
Howard
Hunter
Hupp
Isett
Jackson
Janek
Jones of Lubbock
Jones of Dallas
Junell
Kamel
Keel
Keffer
King
Krusee
Kubiak
Kuempel
Lewis of Tarrant
Lewis of Orange
Longoria
Luna
McCall
McClendon
McReynolds
Madden
Marchant
Maxey
Merritt
Moffat
Moreno
Mowery
Naishtat
Nixon
Oakley / Oliveira
Olivo
Palmer
Patterson
Pickett
Pitts
Place
Price
Puente
Rabuck
Ramsay
Rangel
Raymond
Reyna of Bexar
Reyna of Dallas
Rhodes
Rodriguez
Roman
Sadler
Seaman
Serna
Shields
Siebert
Smith
Smithee
Solis
Solomons
Staples
Stiles
Swinford
Talton
Telford
Thompson
Tillery
Torres
Turner of Coleman
Turner of Harris
Uher
Van de Putte
Walker
West
Williams
Williamson
Wilson
Wise
Wohlgemuth
Wolens
Woolley
Yarbrough
Zbranek

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Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 1117 was adopted by the House on May 29, 1997, by a nonrecord vote.

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Chief Clerk of the House