Bill Text: TX HCR94 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Honoring Raleigh K. Roussell for his service to the commercial building industry in Texas.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Signed by the Governor [HCR94 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR94-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Honoring Raleigh K. Roussell for his service to the commercial building industry in Texas.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Signed by the Governor [HCR94 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR94-Introduced.html
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| By: Workman | H.C.R. No. 94 | |
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| WHEREAS, Raleigh K. Roussell retired as president and CEO of | ||
| TEXO in December 2012, concluding an exceptional career in the | ||
| commercial building industry that spanned nearly half a century; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Roussell served for more than four decades with | ||
| TEXO, today the largest commercial contractors association in Texas | ||
| and one of the largest groups affiliated with the national | ||
| Associated Builders and Contractors and The Associated General | ||
| Contractors of America; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Early in his career, from 1968 to 1971, Mr. Roussell | ||
| served on the staff of the Dallas chapter of the Associated General | ||
| Contractors; after leaving for a time to work for one of the | ||
| organization's members, he returned to lead the Dallas AGC in 1976; | ||
| over the ensuing years, he continued to guide the staff as the | ||
| Dallas AGC merged with the Fort Worth AGC and then, in 2009, as that | ||
| organization joined with the North Texas chapter of Associated | ||
| Builders and Contractors to form TEXO; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has received a number of honors | ||
| for his outstanding work in behalf of his industry, including | ||
| induction into the Contractors Hall of Fame at Texas A&M University | ||
| and designation as an Honorary Life Member of the American | ||
| Institute of Architects; he has also earned the SIR Award from the | ||
| Associated General Contractors, the Industry Lifetime Achievement | ||
| Award from the Associated Schools of Construction, and the | ||
| Chairman's Award from the Black Contractors Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Active in his community as well, Mr. Roussell has | ||
| contributed to area development as a member of the Dallas 2000 | ||
| Planning Committee and the Mayor's Task Force on Downtown Dallas; | ||
| his involvement with the Dallas Youth Services Corps Board, | ||
| Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, American Heart Association, and | ||
| Spring Valley Athletic Association has touched many lives, and he | ||
| has further given back as a member of the Texas A&M University Board | ||
| of Visitors and Custer Road United Methodist Church in Plano; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Roussell has been blessed with the support of a | ||
| loving family, which includes his wife of 48 years, Judith Hermann | ||
| Roussell, his two children, and his five grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Raleigh Roussell has made an immeasurable | ||
| contribution to the commercial building industry in Texas, and he | ||
| may reflect with justifiable pride on his many accomplishments as | ||
| he looks forward to the next chapter of his life; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby honor Raleigh K. Roussell on his distinguished career as the | ||
| chief executive of TEXO and extend to him sincere best wishes for | ||
| the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Roussell as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
