Bill Text: TX HR546 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Beau Crosby on being featured by the Waco Tribune-Herald as part of its Voices of Valor series.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR546 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR546-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 546 |
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WHEREAS, United States Air Force veteran Beau Crosby of | ||
Woodway has been featured in the Waco Tribune-Herald as one of its | ||
Voices of Valor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Lakeside, Florida, and raised in a military | ||
family, Beau Crosby attended the University of the Philippines | ||
before enrolling in the U.S. Air Force Academy; he was commissioned | ||
as a second lieutenant after graduating in 1967, and the following | ||
year, he was deployed to Nha Trang, Vietnam, where he served as an | ||
aircraft maintenance officer with the 14th Air Commando Wing for a | ||
year; and | ||
WHEREAS, After his tour of duty, Mr. Crosby went on to serve | ||
for 28 years in the Air Force Reserve, with assignments in Spain, | ||
Turkey, Illinois, New Mexico, and Texas; in addition, he worked as | ||
the reserve's director of aerospace maintenance at the Pentagon for | ||
six years and then as an advisor to the USAF deputy chief of staff | ||
for logistics until retiring with the rank of colonel in 1997; he | ||
was subsequently employed by the Federal Aviation Administration, | ||
and after moving to Woodway in 2003, he joined the local volunteer | ||
fire department; and | ||
WHEREAS, This highly decorated veteran has been blessed in | ||
all his endeavors with the love and support of his wife of 30 years, | ||
Kathy Endres, and he takes immense pride in their three children and | ||
four grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Beau Crosby has fulfilled the highest ideals of the | ||
United States armed forces, and his fellow citizens owe him a | ||
lasting debt of gratitude; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Beau Crosby on being recognized as | ||
one of the Voices of Valor by the Waco Tribune-Herald and honor him | ||
for his exemplary service to his country as a member of the U.S. Air | ||
Force; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Crosby as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Anderson of McLennan | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 546 was adopted by the House on March | ||
2, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||