Bill Text: TX HR176 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Ronald H. Hufford for his service as executive director of the Texas Forestry Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-28 - Reported enrolled [HR176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR176-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 176 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Ronald H. Hufford will retire as executive director | ||
| of the Texas Forestry Association on December 31, 2017, drawing to a | ||
| close more than three decades of outstanding service to that | ||
| institution; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After earning a bachelor's degree in forestry from | ||
| Southern Illinois University in 1971, Mr. Hufford served his | ||
| country for four years as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force; he then | ||
| joined the Southern Forest Products Association, where he worked as | ||
| a field representative, as director of field services, and | ||
| ultimately as vice president of the Forest Resources and | ||
| Environmental Division; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1984, Mr. Hufford assumed the helm of the Texas | ||
| Forestry Association, and he has excelled over the past 33 years in | ||
| furthering that organization's mission to promote forest | ||
| conservation and the forestry industry; he has also chaired the | ||
| Texas Agricultural Council, the Texas Society of Association | ||
| Executives, and the Texas A&M Forest Science Advisory Council, and | ||
| has served on the advisory board of the Texas Agricultural Lifetime | ||
| Leadership Program; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Hufford's many accolades include the | ||
| Distinguished Service to Forestry Award from the Texas Society of | ||
| American Foresters, the Bill Clements Memorial Award from Build | ||
| East Texas, and the Fellow Award from the Society of American | ||
| Foresters; in 2015, this esteemed Texan was inducted into the Texas | ||
| Forestry Hall of Fame, and in 2016, the new TFA headquarters | ||
| building in Lufkin was named in his honor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure as TFA executive director, Ron | ||
| Hufford has brought to his myriad duties an exceptional breadth of | ||
| experience and a consummate professionalism, and he may indeed | ||
| reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks upon the | ||
| next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Ronald H. Hufford for his exemplary | ||
| leadership of the Texas Forestry Association 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. Hufford as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Ashby | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 176 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
