Bill Text: TX HR340 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Robert C. Vackar and Janet Ogden Vackar for their contributions to the Rio Grande Valley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-26 - Reported enrolled [HR340 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR340-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 340 |
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WHEREAS, Robert C. Vackar and Janet Ogden Vackar have set an | ||
inspiring example for the Rio Grande Valley business community | ||
through their extensive philanthropic efforts; and | ||
WHEREAS, The owners of the Bert Ogden Auto Group, the Vackars | ||
have given generously of their financial resources to numerous | ||
worthy causes, and they are especially staunch champions of higher | ||
education; in 2016, the couple presented The University of Texas | ||
Rio Grande Valley with the largest scholarship gift in the history | ||
of the institution, providing $2 million to create scholarship | ||
endowments for aspiring entrepreneurs and students pursuing | ||
degrees in mass communications; they have also helped fund the | ||
Susan Lewis Vackar Clark Endowed Memorial Scholarship, established | ||
in tribute to Mr. Vackar's late sister, an elementary school | ||
teacher; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Vackars are longtime benefactors of Easterseals | ||
Rio Grande Valley, and they have supported veterans groups, food | ||
banks, and such organizations as Boys & Girls Clubs, the | ||
Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Palm Valley Animal Society; in | ||
2012, they chaired the inaugural holiday fundraiser for the | ||
Renaissance Cancer Foundation, and Ms. Vackar has been a member of | ||
the board of the Vannie Cook Cancer Foundation and a sustaining | ||
member of the Junior League of McAllen; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2016, the Vackars became the first couple | ||
selected as recipients of the prestigious Border Texans of the Year | ||
award; UTRGV named its Robert C. Vackar College of Business and | ||
Entrepreneurship in honor of Mr. Vackar, and the Edinburg | ||
Consolidated Independent School District named its Janet Ogden | ||
Vackar Sports Complex in recognition of Ms. Vackar's many good | ||
works in behalf of area children; moreover, the couple were | ||
instrumental in the effort to name the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg | ||
in memory of Ms. Vackar's father, who founded the family's chain of | ||
auto dealerships; in all their endeavors, the Vackars benefit from | ||
the love and support of their daughter and son-in-law, Kristin and | ||
Will McCullough, and grandchildren, Walt, Sawyer, Emmylou, and | ||
Dorothy Sabine; and | ||
WHEREAS, Robert and Janet Vackar have demonstrated a lasting | ||
commitment to making the Rio Grande Valley a better place for all, | ||
and in so doing, they have earned the deep respect and appreciation | ||
of their fellow residents; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Robert C. Vackar and Janet Ogden Vackar | ||
for their contributions to the Rio Grande Valley and extend to them | ||
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Vackars as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Canales | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 340 was adopted by the House on March | ||
25, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||