Bill Text: TX HR68 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Elva Yolanda Morado on her retirement from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-08 - Reported enrolled [HR68 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR68-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 68 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Elva Yolanda Morado is retiring from the Texas A&M | ||
| AgriLife Extension Service on August 31, 2021, drawing to a close an | ||
| exemplary career with the agency that has spanned more than four and | ||
| a half decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Morado first joined Texas A&M AgriLife | ||
| Extension in 1974, and she served as a Family and Consumer Sciences | ||
| program leader at offices in Duval, Jim Hogg, Zapata, and McMullen | ||
| Counties; during that time, she also held the role of county | ||
| extension agent at-large in McMullen County; in 1976, she | ||
| transferred to the Starr County office, where she currently works | ||
| as an FCS program leader, county administrator, and county | ||
| extension agent; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure with the agency, | ||
| Ms. Morado has been active with numerous groups and committees at | ||
| the district, state, and national levels; her contributions have | ||
| included chairing the South Texas Regional Cholera Task Force, | ||
| participating in the Governor's Conference on Volunteerism, and | ||
| serving on the National 4-H Council Hispanic Advisory Committee; | ||
| she has further distinguished herself through her involvement in | ||
| multiple grant writing and review teams, as well as a number of | ||
| professional and civic organizations; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among her many accolades, Ms. Morado has received a | ||
| State Distinguished Achievement Award from the Texas Extension | ||
| Specialists Association, a Humanitarian Award from the McAllen | ||
| Rotary Club, and a 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award; in addition, | ||
| she was named a Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow in 2009; | ||
| she holds a bachelor's degree from Texas A&I University in | ||
| Kingsville; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through her dedication, expertise, and commitment | ||
| to excellence, Elva Morado has greatly benefited her fellow Texans | ||
| and earned the lasting respect and admiration of her colleagues, | ||
| and she may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as she | ||
| embarks on the next exciting chapter of her life; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Elva Yolanda | ||
| Morado on her retirement from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension | ||
| Service and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Morado as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Guillen | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 68 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 30, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
