Bill Text: TX HCR70 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

---

Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2011, as Texas Southern University Day at the State Capitol.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-18 - Signed by the Governor [HCR70 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HCR70-Enrolled.html

---

H.C.R. No. 70

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, A number of proud Texans are visiting Austin on
February 28, 2011, to celebrate Texas Southern University Day at
the State Capitol; and
WHEREAS, Founded in 1927, with a loan from the Houston Public
School Board, Texas Southern University opened its doors as Houston
Colored Junior College; the school was highly successful and
enrollment grew quickly, leading to the transition to a four-year
institution in 1934, with a graduate program added in 1943; the
Texas Legislature appropriated $2 million in 1947 to buy the campus
of what was then Houston College for Negroes in order to create a
new state-supported university, and four years later the school
assumed the name Texas Southern University; and
WHEREAS, Today, Texas Southern is one of the largest of the
historically black colleges and universities in the United States;
located in Houston's Third Ward, it enrolls more than 9,500
students from throughout the country and around the world, and it
employs nearly 1,500 faculty and staff; it is composed of nine
schools and colleges that offer 53 baccalaureate academic majors,
as well as 36 master's and 6 doctoral degree programs; and
WHEREAS, Texas Southern University is committed to serving
students of diverse cultural, religious, educational, and economic
backgrounds and to preparing them for future leadership roles; the
university trains the majority of African American lawyers in
Houston and African American teachers in the Houston Independent
School District, and it has historically graduated more than 27
percent of the African American pharmacists in the United States;
in addition, the university's Thurgood Marshall School of Law has
been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the most diverse law
school in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Throughout its history, Texas Southern University
has provided its students with a solid foundation for achievement,
and it has been a powerful force for social progress and economic
development in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby recognize February 28, 2011, as Texas Southern University
Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those associated with
this notable institution sincere best wishes for continued success;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Texas Southern University as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
Coleman
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
Allen Gooden Murphy
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
Aycock Harless Parker
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
Berman Hartnett Paxton
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
Branch Hochberg Phillips
Brown Hopson Pickett
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
Button Huberty Quintanilla
Cain Hughes Raymond
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
Carter Isaac Riddle
Castro Jackson Ritter
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
Christian Keffer Schwertner
Coleman King of Parker Scott
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
Deshotel Lavender Strama
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
Dutton Lozano Thompson
Eiland Lucio III Torres
Eissler Lyne Truitt
Elkins Madden Turner
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
Farrar Margo Villarreal
Fletcher Marquez Vo
Flynn Martinez Walle
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
Gallego McClendon White
Garza Menendez Woolley
Geren Miles Workman
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 70 was adopted by the House on
February 28, 2011, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 70 was adopted by the Senate on
February 28, 2011, by a viva-voce vote.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
__________________
Governor