Bill Text: TX SR587 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Weldon Woolf Hammond, Jr., for his contributions to The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-03 - Reported enrolled [SR587 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR587-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Dr. Weldon Woolf Hammond, Jr., for his exceptional | ||
| achievements in the field of hydrogeology; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Hammond is the holder of the Amy and V. H. | ||
| McNutt Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Geology at The | ||
| University of Texas at San Antonio; he has been a member of the | ||
| university's faculty since 1976 and has served as the director of | ||
| the university's Center for Water Research since 1986; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under his leadership, the Center for Water | ||
| Research has become one of the San Antonio Water System's primary | ||
| research institutions and has received significant increases in | ||
| funding from the state; the center also has made a profound | ||
| difference in the lives of countless people by helping to build a | ||
| network of organizations, institutions, and agencies to meet the | ||
| challenges of providing clean water, watershed management, and | ||
| basic health practices to remote villages in Guatemala and | ||
| Honduras; and | ||
| WHEREAS, | ||
| WHEREAS, | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, | ||
| 83rd Legislature, hereby commend Dr. Weldon Woolf Hammond, Jr., | ||
| on his many contributions to The University of Texas at San | ||
| Antonio and his profession and extend congratulations to him on | ||
| the naming of the Dr. Weldon W. Hammond Distinguished | ||
| Professorship in Hydrogeology in his honor; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Van de Putte | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 3, 2013. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
