Bill Text: TX HCR94 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Raleigh K. Roussell for his service to the commercial building industry in Texas.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Signed by the Governor [HCR94 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR94-Enrolled.html
H.C.R. No. 94 |
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WHEREAS, Raleigh K. Roussell retired as president and CEO of | ||
TEXO in December 2012, concluding an exceptional career in the | ||
commercial building industry that spanned nearly half a century; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Roussell served for more than four decades with | ||
TEXO, today the largest commercial contractors association in Texas | ||
and one of the largest groups affiliated with the national | ||
Associated Builders and Contractors and The Associated General | ||
Contractors of America; and | ||
WHEREAS, Early in his career, from 1968 to 1971, Mr. Roussell | ||
served on the staff of the Dallas chapter of the Associated General | ||
Contractors; after leaving for a time to work for one of the | ||
organization's members, he returned to lead the Dallas AGC in 1976; | ||
over the ensuing years, he continued to guide the staff as the | ||
Dallas AGC merged with the Fort Worth AGC and then, in 2009, as that | ||
organization joined with the North Texas chapter of Associated | ||
Builders and Contractors to form TEXO; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has received a number of honors | ||
for his outstanding work in behalf of his industry, including | ||
induction into the Contractors Hall of Fame at Texas A&M University | ||
and designation as an Honorary Life Member of the American | ||
Institute of Architects; he has also earned the SIR Award from the | ||
Associated General Contractors, the Industry Lifetime Achievement | ||
Award from the Associated Schools of Construction, and the | ||
Chairman's Award from the Black Contractors Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, Active in his community as well, Mr. Roussell has | ||
contributed to area development as a member of the Dallas 2000 | ||
Planning Committee and the Mayor's Task Force on Downtown Dallas; | ||
his involvement with the Dallas Youth Services Corps Board, | ||
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, American Heart Association, and | ||
Spring Valley Athletic Association has touched many lives, and he | ||
has further given back as a member of the Texas A&M University Board | ||
of Visitors and Custer Road United Methodist Church in Plano; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Roussell has been blessed with the support of a | ||
loving family, which includes his wife of 48 years, Judith Hermann | ||
Roussell, his two children, and his five grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Raleigh Roussell has made an immeasurable | ||
contribution to the commercial building industry in Texas, and he | ||
may reflect with justifiable pride on his many accomplishments as | ||
he looks forward to the next chapter of his life; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby honor Raleigh K. Roussell on his distinguished career as the | ||
chief executive of TEXO and extend to him sincere best wishes for | ||
the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Roussell as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
Workman | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.C.R. No. 94 was adopted by the House on April | ||
10, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.C.R. No. 94 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
April 24, 2013, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |