Bill Text: TX HR24 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Don Sparks on receiving the 2022 Top Hand award from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-11 - Reported enrolled [HR24 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR24-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 24 |
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WHEREAS, Don Sparks, chair of the board for Discovery | ||
Operating, has been named the 2022 Top Hand by the Permian Basin | ||
Petroleum Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, An Amarillo native, Mr. Sparks earned a petroleum | ||
engineering degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1962, | ||
and after serving in the U.S. Navy for four years, he embarked on | ||
his distinguished career in the petroleum industry; initially, he | ||
held a number of engineering and consulting roles with such | ||
companies as Bailey, Sipes, Williamson and Runyan, Freeport Oil | ||
Company, and Shell Oil Company; and | ||
WHEREAS, After settling in Midland, he and his wife, | ||
Gwyndolyn, decided to use their savings to launch Discovery | ||
Operating in 1973; so began the independent company's many decades | ||
of success, and in 2023, Discovery will celebrate its 50th | ||
anniversary; in addition, Mr. Sparks joined with C. Ronald Platt to | ||
cofound the engineering consulting firm Platt, Sparks & Associates | ||
in 1980; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Sparks has been active in myriad professional | ||
organizations, including the Society of Petroleum Engineers | ||
Permian Basin Chapter, the Independent Petroleum Association of | ||
America, and the National Society of Petroleum Engineers; moreover, | ||
his family and company have supported such worthwhile causes as | ||
High Sky Children's Ranch and The Village at Manor Park; in | ||
recognition of his many accomplishments, he was named a UT | ||
Distinguished Alumnus and was inducted into the Petroleum Hall of | ||
Fame, and he has received an Independent Petroleum Association of | ||
America Leadership Award and a Hearst Energy Award for Lifetime | ||
Achievement; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Sparks and Mrs. Sparks are the parents of three | ||
sons, Jeff, Kevin, and Todd, and they also take great pride in their | ||
grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his leadership, vision, and expertise, Don | ||
Sparks has earned the lasting respect of his peers in the petroleum | ||
industry, and he is truly deserving of this prestigious honor; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Don Sparks on his receipt of the | ||
2022 Top Hand award from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association | ||
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. Sparks as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Craddick | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 24 was adopted by the House on January | ||
11, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||