Bill Text: TX HR2103 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Mayor Hilmar Moore of Richmond for his public service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2103 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2103-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2103 |
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WHEREAS, The city of Richmond has greatly benefited from the | ||
public service of the Honorable Hilmar Moore, who has enjoyed a | ||
remarkable tenure of nearly 62 years leading the community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Believed to be the longest-serving mayor in the | ||
nation, Hilmar Moore first took office on September 22, 1949, when | ||
he was appointed to fill an unexpired two-year term, and he has been | ||
returned to his post by the voters in every election since that | ||
time; he modestly credits his success through the years to hiring | ||
excellent city managers and staff, although area residents would | ||
attest to his effective leadership and outgoing personality as | ||
figuring prominently in his notable administration; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mayor Moore is a fifth-generation Texan whose | ||
ancestors were among the Old Three Hundred settlers brought into | ||
the state by Stephen F. Austin; a life member of the Sons of the | ||
Republic of Texas, he comes by his interest in politics naturally as | ||
the grandson of a former U.S. congressman and the son of a former | ||
Richmond mayor and Fort Bend County judge; he also runs his family's | ||
cattle business that has been in operation since 1822; and | ||
WHEREAS, Hilmar Moore enrolled at The University of Texas | ||
School of Law in the early 1940s, but he left in 1942 to join the | ||
U.S. Army Air Corps; he became an aircraft navigator and was based | ||
in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, where he served with the | ||
Fourth Sea Rescue Squadron and earned many medals and | ||
commendations; and | ||
WHEREAS, After the war, he returned to Richmond and worked in | ||
land titles and abstracts, land leasing, and the cattle industry | ||
and eventually became a leader in a number of ranching and beef | ||
production organizations; he has served as the chair of the Beef | ||
Industry Council, as president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle | ||
Raisers Association, on the executive committee of the National | ||
Cattlemen's Beef Association, on the board of Santa Gertrudis | ||
Breeders International, and as a charter member of the American | ||
Quarter Horse Association; moreover, he has received awards from | ||
the Texas Brahman Association and Texas Tech University, which | ||
recognized him for his career in ranching with the highest honor | ||
bestowed in the beef industry; he has also been a director of the | ||
King Ranch since 1993; and | ||
WHEREAS, Active in state affairs and higher education as | ||
well, Hilmar Moore distinguished himself as chair of the Texas | ||
Department of Human Resources from 1977 to 1981, and he has been a | ||
part of numerous foundations and committees supporting Texas | ||
colleges and universities, including the UT System's Chancellor's | ||
Council; and | ||
WHEREAS, He married Hallie Peareson during World War II and | ||
the couple enjoyed many rewarding years together and had three | ||
sons, Hilmar, Phillip, and Jack, before Mrs. Moore's passing; | ||
fortunate to find love a second time, he married Evalyn Wendt in | ||
1984; and | ||
WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of | ||
life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the ongoing | ||
efforts of Hilmar Moore continue to help make Richmond a great place | ||
to call home; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Mayor Hilmar Moore of Richmond for his | ||
exceptional public service 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 Mayor Moore as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Reynolds | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2103 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||