| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
| |
|
|
WHEREAS, Dr. George C. Wright is celebrating his 10th |
|
|
anniversary as president of Prairie View A&M University on August |
|
|
15, 2013; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, A native of Lexington, Kentucky, George Wright |
|
|
earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the |
|
|
University of Kentucky and his doctorate in history from Duke |
|
|
University; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, After beginning his academic career at the |
|
|
University of Kentucky in 1977, Dr. Wright taught at The University |
|
|
of Texas at Austin from 1980 to 1993, where he was the Mastin Gentry |
|
|
White Professor of Southern History and vice provost for |
|
|
undergraduate education; in 1993, he became the vice provost for |
|
|
university programs and director of the African and African |
|
|
American Studies program at Duke University; he went on to serve as |
|
|
executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at The |
|
|
University of Texas at Arlington; on August 15, 2003, he became the |
|
|
seventh president of Prairie View A&M University, the second-oldest |
|
|
public institution of higher learning in the Lone Star State; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Dr. Wright's scholarship includes three books, A |
|
|
History of Blacks in Kentucky, Volume 2: In Pursuit of Equality, |
|
|
1890-1980; Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, |
|
|
1865-1930; and Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings, |
|
|
Mob Rule, and "Legal Lynchings", which earned him the Governor's |
|
|
Award of the Kentucky Historical Society; his work-in-progress is a |
|
|
biography of the African American leader Robert Charles O'Hara |
|
|
Benjamin; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, This distinguished scholar, educator, and |
|
|
administrator has received many fellowships, grants, and awards; he |
|
|
earned the Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching, the |
|
|
"Eyes of Texas Excellence" Award, and the Kappa Alpha Psi |
|
|
Fraternity Award for Outstanding Black Faculty Member from The |
|
|
University of Texas at Austin, where he was also the Friar Society |
|
|
Centennial Fellow for Teaching Excellence, the Silver Spurs |
|
|
Centennial Teaching Fellow, and the Lillian and Tom B. Rhodes |
|
|
Centennial Teaching Fellow; in addition, he received the Andrew |
|
|
W. Mellon Faculty Fellowship at Harvard University; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Dr. Wright has contributed to his profession as a |
|
|
member of the editorial boards of the Louisiana State University |
|
|
Press Southern Biography Series and the Journal of Southern History |
|
|
and through his work with the Southern Historical Association |
|
|
Program Committee; a leader in his community as well, he has served |
|
|
on the boards of the Arlington Chamber Foundation and the Medical |
|
|
Center of Arlington; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Under his exemplary leadership, Prairie View A&M |
|
|
University has built on its already sterling reputation for |
|
|
providing an excellent education to generations of engineers, |
|
|
nurses, and educators, and Dr. Wright may indeed take great pride |
|
|
in his skilled stewardship of the university as he celebrates this |
|
|
special anniversary; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
|
|
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. George |
|
|
C. Wright on his 10 years as president of Prairie View A&M |
|
|
University and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued |
|
|
success in his important work; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for Dr. Wright as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
|
|
House of Representatives. |
| |
|
|
Giddings |
|
|
White |
|
|
Allen |
|
|
Turner of Harris |
|
|
Bell |
|
|
|
|
|
| Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
|
|
|
| Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
|
|
|
| Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
|
|
|
| Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
|
|
|
| Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
|
|
|
| Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
|
|
|
| Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
|
|
|
| Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
|
|
|
| Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Davis of Dallas |
Lavender |
Springer |
|
|
|
| J. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
|
|
|
| S. Davis of Harris |
Lewis |
Stickland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
|
|
|
| Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fallon |
Martinez Fischer |
Turner of Collin |
|
|
|
| Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
|
|
|
| Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
|
|
|
| Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
Vo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Speaker of the House |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.R. No. 61 was adopted by the House on July 11, |
|
|
2013, by a non-record vote. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
| |
