Bill Text: TX HR112 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Paul Foster, president and CEO of Western Refining in El Paso, on his induction into the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-27 - Reported enrolled [HR112 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR112-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 112 |
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WHEREAS, Paul Foster of El Paso is being inducted into the | ||
Texas Business Hall of Fame on November 14, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Business Hall of Fame, which recognizes | ||
the accomplishments and contributions of outstanding business | ||
leaders, works to perpetuate and inspire the values of | ||
entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community | ||
leadership in all generations of Texans; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of East Texas, Paul Foster spent his | ||
teenage summers working in the oil fields, welding pipes, digging | ||
ditches, and cleaning tanks; he earned his bachelor's degree from | ||
Baylor University in 1979 and his certification as a CPA before | ||
embarking on a career in the oil refining industry; the former vice | ||
president and general manager of the Border Refining Company, | ||
Mr. Foster became president and chief executive officer of Western | ||
Refining in 1997, and his continued leadership as executive chair | ||
has helped the El Paso-based company become one of the largest of | ||
its kind in the country; he is also co-owner of Mountain Star Sports | ||
Group, which owns and operates baseball teams across the country; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply committed to seeing his adopted hometown of | ||
El Paso flourish, Mr. Foster presented a $50 million gift to Texas | ||
Tech University to support its four-year medical school in El Paso, | ||
which was named the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in his honor; | ||
furthermore, he and Jeff Stevens, the current president of Western | ||
Refining, donated $6 million to help build the Foster Stevens | ||
Basketball Center at The University of Texas at El Paso; Mr. Foster | ||
has invested personally in the city's revitalized downtown, and his | ||
commitment to communities on both sides of the border has been | ||
demonstrated by his work with the Paso del Norte Group and the | ||
Borderplex Alliance; in addition, he is a member of numerous | ||
professional organizations, including the Greater El Paso Chamber | ||
of Commerce Board of Directors, the Business Advisory Council at | ||
UTEP, the Bank of the West Board of Directors, the El Paso Regional | ||
Economic Development Corporation, and the Texas Economic | ||
Development Corporation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Foster has further served his community as chair | ||
of the El Paso Chapter of the American Red Cross, and he supports a | ||
number of charities in Juarez, El Paso's sister city; appointed to | ||
The University of Texas System Board of Regents in 2007, he was | ||
elected vice chair of the board in 2009, a position he continues to | ||
hold today, and he also serves as chair of The University of Texas | ||
Investment Management Company Board of Directors; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his vision and innovation, Paul Foster has | ||
distinguished himself as a successful and influential figure in the | ||
El Paso business community and beyond, and he is indeed deserving of | ||
this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, | ||
hereby congratulate Paul Foster on | ||
his induction into the Texas Business Hall of Fame 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. Foster as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Marquez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 112 was adopted by the House on June | ||
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||