Bill Text: TX HR2058 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Marcus Hill of Watauga on his receipt of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-22 - Reported enrolled [HR2058 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR2058-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2058 |
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WHEREAS, Marcus Hill of Watauga was recognized by Texas | ||
Agricultural Lifetime Leadership with a Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
in 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership, or TALL, is | ||
a program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service that seeks to | ||
prepare men and women for challenging careers in agriculture; | ||
Mr. Hill, a founding member of TALL, has given generously of his | ||
time and resources to the program since its establishment in 1987; | ||
he has continuously served on the program's advisory board and has | ||
further lent his expertise to the TALL cohort selection committee; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Sulphur Springs who served as president | ||
of the Texas FFA, Marcus Hill graduated from Texas A&M University in | ||
1971 with a bachelor's degree in agricultural education and worked | ||
toward a master's degree in educational psychology; he began | ||
selling insurance with National Farm Life during college, and after | ||
his graduation, he was hired full-time by the business and its | ||
subsidiary, Agricultural Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Company; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Hill went on to accept increasing levels of | ||
responsibility in Ag Workers, including appointment as its | ||
president in 1988 and as chair of its board of directors in 2006; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply committed to Texas agriculture and to youth | ||
who aspire to careers in the field, Mr. Hill serves on the Texas 4-H | ||
Youth Development Foundation Board and chairs the Youth Educational | ||
Activities Committee at the State Fair of Texas; he is a director of | ||
the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, and he frequently attends local | ||
stock shows and fairs to support young competitors; in addition, he | ||
is a former member of the Texas FFA Foundation and has served as | ||
chair of the Attorney General's Youth Conference; and | ||
WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan's experience includes membership | ||
on the College of Agriculture Development Council at Texas A&M, the | ||
Chancellor's Council at Texas Tech University, and the Dean's | ||
Advisory Council for the College of Agricultural and Environmental | ||
Sciences at Tarleton State University; he has served as chair of the | ||
Tarrant County Program Building Committee and as a member of the | ||
Farm and Ranch Club of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and the | ||
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, to name but a | ||
few of the organizations that have benefited from his involvement; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his inspired leadership in a wide range of | ||
agricultural endeavors, Marcus Hill has garnered the respect and | ||
admiration of many, and this award justly acknowledges his enduring | ||
service in behalf of the youth of Texas and his contributions in the | ||
field of agriculture; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Marcus Hill on his receipt of a | ||
Lifetime Achievement Award from Texas Agricultural Lifetime | ||
Leadership 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. Hill as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Hughes | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2058 was adopted by the House on May | ||
21, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||