Bill Text: TX HR57 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Walter Wornardt and Ruth Wornardt of Houston on their 60th wedding anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-05 - Reported enrolled [HR57 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR57-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Walter Wornardt and Ruth Wornardt of Houston on their 60th wedding anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-05 - Reported enrolled [HR57 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR57-Introduced.html
88S40480 BPG-D | ||
By: Wilson | H.R. No. 57 |
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WHEREAS, November 27, 2023, marks the 60th wedding | ||
anniversary of Dr. Walter Wornardt and Ruth Wornardt of Houston, | ||
and this joyous event provides a fitting opportunity to reflect on | ||
their rewarding journey together as husband and wife; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Walter W. Wornardt | ||
Jr. received his bachelor's degree in geology from the University | ||
of Wisconsin-Madison and went on to earn his doctorate from the | ||
Department of Paleontology at the University of California, | ||
Berkeley; he began his career in the oil and gas industry with | ||
Chevron in San Francisco, where he would meet his future wife; and | ||
WHEREAS, The former Ruth Chalmers Prentice, a native of | ||
Washington, D.C., attended Bible college for two years and | ||
completed her registered nursing degree at Alexandria Hospital | ||
School of Nursing; in 1960, she relocated to San Francisco; and | ||
WHEREAS, After dating for a few years, Dr. and Mrs. Wornardt | ||
rendezvoused in Europe and wed in Gibraltar in 1963; Dr. Wornardt | ||
was later employed by the Esso Production Research Company in | ||
Houston; from 1977 to 1980, he was a professor of geology at the | ||
University of Redlands, and he worked for Ecology Consultants, | ||
Incorporated, in Denver, Colorado; the couple settled in Houston in | ||
1990, and Mrs. Wornardt worked at the Michael E. DeBakey Department | ||
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center until her retirement in 2012, | ||
after 35 years in nursing; Dr. Wornardt taught at Rice University | ||
and served as president and CEO of Micro-Strat, Incorporated, for | ||
four decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Wornardts have been active congregants of First | ||
Presbyterian Church, and they have also been members of | ||
professional groups and of such community organizations as the | ||
Houston Club and Toastmasters International; moreover, they are | ||
both authors, Dr. Wornardt of The Six-Month Honeymoon and | ||
Mrs. Wornardt of Calluses on His Knees, which is about the ministry | ||
of her father, Harvey Prentice; and | ||
WHEREAS, The six decades of marriage that Dr. and | ||
Mrs. Wornardt have shared is eloquent affirmation of the meaning of | ||
love and commitment, and their enduring union is an inspiration to | ||
all who know them; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Walter | ||
Wornardt and Ruth Wornardt on their 60th wedding anniversary and | ||
extend to them sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. and Mrs. Wornardt as an expression of high regard | ||
by the Texas House of Representatives. |