Bill Text: TX HR658 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. David Creech on receiving the 2022 Outstanding International Horticulturist Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-30 - Reported enrolled [HR658 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR658-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 658 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Dr. David Creech of Stephen F. Austin State | ||
| University received well-deserved recognition when he was | ||
| presented with the 2022 Outstanding International Horticulturist | ||
| Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Each year, the society honors an individual who has | ||
| made an outstanding contribution to international horticultural | ||
| science, education, research, or outreach for a period of 10 years | ||
| or more; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Creech is professor emeritus of agriculture and | ||
| director of SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University; for | ||
| more than four decades, he has conducted international research, | ||
| exploring such areas as kiwifruit commercialization in South | ||
| Africa, Italy, and New Zealand, blueberry production and urban tree | ||
| research in China, and fruit and vegetable production in Guatemala | ||
| and Pakistan; he is the recipient of numerous honors, including the | ||
| Charles Leonard Weddle Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement from | ||
| the Native Plant Society of Texas, the Sidney B. Meadows Award for | ||
| Distinguished Achievement from the Southern Region of the | ||
| International Plant Propagators' Society, and the Honorary | ||
| Lifetime Membership Award from the Texas Nursery and Landscape | ||
| Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Creech first joined SFA as an assistant | ||
| professor of horticulture in 1978; in addition to his other | ||
| responsibilities, he has played an instrumental role in the | ||
| development of the four facilities that make up SFA Gardens: | ||
| Pineywoods Native Plant Center, the Mast Arboretum, the Ruby M. and | ||
| Gayla Mize Azalea Gardens, and Jimmy Hinds Park; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With his expertise, professionalism, and commitment | ||
| to education, David Creech has earned the lasting respect and | ||
| admiration of his colleagues, and he is indeed deserving of this | ||
| prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. David Creech on receiving the | ||
| 2022 Outstanding International Horticulturist Award from the | ||
| American Society for Horticultural Science and extend to him | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Creech as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Clardy | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 658 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 30, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
