Bill Text: TX HR1198 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating James and Leeshan Chuang Birney for their business success and commending them for their community service efforts in the Houston area.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-23 - Reported enrolled [HR1198 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1198-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1198 |
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WHEREAS, For many years, James and Leeshan Chuang Birney of | ||
Stone Mountain Properties have distinguished themselves through | ||
their success as entrepreneurs and as civic leaders in the Houston | ||
area; and | ||
WHEREAS, After graduating from National Taiwan Normal | ||
University, Leeshan Chuang Birney earned a master's degree in | ||
business administration from New York University and then founded | ||
the Stone Mountain Properties real estate company; James Birney | ||
earned his MBA from NYU as well, and he enjoyed a long and | ||
successful career on Wall Street as a founding partner of Furman, | ||
Selz, Mager, Dietz, and Birney, a brokerage and investment firm, | ||
before joining his wife in the family real estate business; in the | ||
decades Mr. and Mrs. Birney have worked together at Stone Mountain | ||
Properties, they have developed projects in Houston and New Jersey | ||
and built a portfolio worth more than $100 million; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout their careers, the Birneys have also | ||
given generously of their time and resources to a wide variety of | ||
institutions and community organizations; among the entities to | ||
benefit from their efforts are the Houston Housing Finance | ||
Corporation, the Asian American Business Council of the Asian | ||
Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese Community Center, the Global | ||
Federation of Chinese Business Women, the Planning Board of the | ||
City of Houston, and the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Birney are also supporters of the | ||
Chinese American Relief Effort and the Joint Chinese College Alumni | ||
Association, which has named a music scholarship in their honor; in | ||
addition, they have provided funds for innumerable programs for | ||
disadvantaged young people, the elderly, and the disabled, and they | ||
actively promote leisure learning, literary seminars, arts | ||
exhibitions, and concerts; and | ||
WHEREAS, The couple's many honors include the Outstanding | ||
Chinese Entrepreneur Award from Chinese21.com, the ILF Regional | ||
Leadership Award, the Hua Kuan Award from the Global Federation of | ||
Chinese Business Women, the Yellow Rose of Texas award from the | ||
governor of Texas, the Corporate Impact Award from the Chinese | ||
Professional Club, and the President's Volunteer Service Award from | ||
President Barack Obama; and | ||
WHEREAS, James and Leeshan Birney have furthered the | ||
prosperity and well-being of the Houston area through their | ||
business and philanthropic endeavors, and they are truly deserving | ||
of special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate James and Leeshan Chuang Birney on | ||
the success of Stone Mountain Properties and commend them for their | ||
many years of community service and charitable giving; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Birney as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Murphy | ||
Wu | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1198 was adopted by the House on April | ||
13, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||