88S30017 CJM-D
 
  By: Craddick H.C.R. No. 19
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, The Anwar family was honored at the annual West
  Texan by Nature event hosted by the Sibley Nature Center in Midland
  on September 21, 2023; and
         WHEREAS, The Sibley Nature Center celebrates the natural
  history of West Texas at a 49-acre site in Hogan Park in Midland;
  the center presented the Anwar family with its West Texan by Nature
  award in recognition of the family's wide-ranging contributions to
  the community; and
         WHEREAS, Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Javaid Anwar immigrated
  to the United States after high school and earned a degree in
  petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming; he has spent
  nearly four decades in the oil and gas industry in Texas, and over
  the course of his career, he has founded several oil and gas
  exploration companies, started his own oil drilling business, and
  accumulated various oil leases in the Permian Basin; today, he
  serves as the owner and president of Midland Energy, Petroplex
  Energy, and the Western T. Corporation; and
         WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Anwar has benefited from
  the love and encouragement of his wife, Vicky, and the couple's two
  children, Ryan and Leslie, have both grown up to work in the family
  business; through the years, the Anwars have given of their time and
  resources to support the oil and gas industry as well as the wider
  community, and they have donated generously to numerous public
  universities and charities; and
         WHEREAS, The members of the Anwar family have proven
  themselves to be business and civic leaders of great vision and
  ability, and they may indeed reflect with pride on this prestigious
  recognition of their years of dedicated service to the community;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas,
  3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the Anwar family on
  receiving the West Texan by Nature award from the Sibley Nature
  Center and extend to the members of the family sincere best wishes
  for continued success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the Anwar family as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives and Senate.