Bill Text: TX HR1775 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Donald Leon Williams for his service as chair of the Black El Paso Democrats.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR1775 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1775-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1775 |
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WHEREAS, Donald Leon Williams has greatly benefited the Black | ||
El Paso Democrats through his strong leadership as chair; and | ||
WHEREAS, A charter member of the Black El Paso Democrats, Don | ||
Williams became chair in 2005; he has worked tirelessly through the | ||
years to motivate African Americans in El Paso to participate in the | ||
political process, and he is diligent in his efforts to bring | ||
factions together to strive for common goals; he is a member of the | ||
Camino Real Mexican American Democrats, Paso del Norte Tejano | ||
Democrats, Stonewall Democrats, and other Democratic groups as | ||
well; currently serving as State Democratic Executive Committeeman | ||
for Senatorial District 29, he has served as a delegate to precinct, | ||
county, state, and national conventions; in 2007, he was inducted | ||
into the El Paso Democratic Hall of Fame; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was born in Houston on May 22, 1951, and | ||
graduated from W.H. Burges High School in El Paso; after attending | ||
the United States Military Academy at West Point, he completed his | ||
bachelor's degree in political science at The University of Texas | ||
at El Paso and earned his law degree from The University of Texas at | ||
Austin School of Law; he was named a Distinguished Military Student | ||
and Graduate by the Army ROTC and went on to serve as an officer in | ||
the Judge Advocate General's Corps for five years, rising to become | ||
senior defense counsel at Fort Bliss; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1983, Mr. Williams established a solo legal | ||
practice, which today focuses on family law for members of the | ||
military; he has been an associate municipal court judge, criminal | ||
law magistrate, and family court judge, and he has also taught | ||
courses in the Legal Assistant Division at El Paso Community | ||
College; since 1994, he has served as an advanced family law | ||
mediator; and | ||
WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan is a member of the College of the | ||
State Bar of Texas and has given generously of his time and talents | ||
to numerous professional organizations; a former member of the | ||
board of the El Paso Bar Association, he was president of the El | ||
Paso Family Law Bar Association and chair of the Family Law Bar | ||
Association executive committee, and he has served on several State | ||
Bar of Texas committees; moreover, he has been a presenter for | ||
numerous programs of the State Bar and other organizations, and he | ||
has directed several courses and written many articles, handbooks, | ||
and other publications; and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply committed to his community, Mr. Williams is a | ||
graduate of Leadership El Paso and served on the board of its alumni | ||
association; he is the first vice president of the El Paso Branch of | ||
the NAACP and serves on the El Paso Community College Diversity | ||
Council, on the board of the McCall Neighborhood Center, and on the | ||
UT-El Paso College of Liberal Arts Advisory Board; demonstrating | ||
his concern for young Texans, he has served as president of the | ||
Pebble Hills Elementary PTA, and he volunteered for the Juvenile | ||
Drug Court of the 409th District Court; in 2007, he established the | ||
Donald L. Williams Endowed Student Enhancement Fund at UT-El Paso; | ||
he is a charter member of St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church and | ||
has served in a number of capacities, including chair of the church | ||
board; and | ||
WHEREAS, The recipient of myriad accolades, Mr. Williams was | ||
accorded the inaugural President's Award of the El Paso Branch of | ||
the NAACP in 2007 and received that organization's Community | ||
Service Award the following year; he has received both the Majority | ||
Builder Award and the Grassroots Award from the State Democratic | ||
Executive Committee, and he has been recognized by the El Paso | ||
Commission for Women for his community service; and | ||
WHEREAS, Don Williams has led the Black El Paso Democrats | ||
with enormous energy, talent, and dedication, and he has set an | ||
example of civic engagement to which others may aspire; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Donald Leon Williams for his service as | ||
chair of the Black El Paso Democrats and extend to him sincere best | ||
wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Williams as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Gonzalez | ||
Marquez | ||
Quintanilla | ||
Pickett | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1775 was adopted by the House on May | ||
19, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||