Bill Text: TX HR744 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Paula Harris on being elected president of the Houston Independent School District Board of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-21 - Reported enrolled [HR744 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR744-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 744 |
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WHEREAS, Paula Harris was chosen to serve as president of the | ||
Houston Independent School District Board of Education in 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, A graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in | ||
petroleum engineering, Ms. Harris has had a distinguished 20-year | ||
career in the oil industry; she is director of community affairs for | ||
Schlumberger and the author of For Sister: The Guide for | ||
Professional Black Women and a children's book, When I Grow Up I | ||
Want to Be an Engineer; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Harris has earned a number of honors for her | ||
exceptional work, including the Women of Color in Technology award | ||
and a place on the Black Engineer's "50 Who Make a Difference" and | ||
"Key Women in Energy" lists; in addition, she was appointed to the | ||
Texas Energy Planning Council and has recently been named to the | ||
board of directors for Space Center Houston, where she will chair | ||
the education subcommittee; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to giving back to her fellow residents, | ||
she has shared her time with the boards of Project Row Houses, the | ||
Buffalo Bayou Partnership, the Julia C. Hester House, the Menil | ||
Collection Development Committee, and Mental Health America of | ||
Greater Houston; and | ||
WHEREAS, Public education is an endeavor in which all Texans | ||
have a stake, and through her impressive achievements as a business | ||
and community leader, Paula Harris brings invaluable experience and | ||
insight to her new responsibilities; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Paula Harris on being elected | ||
president of the Houston Independent School District Board of | ||
Education and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued | ||
success in her important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Harris as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Miles | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 744 was adopted by the House on March | ||
17, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||