H.R. No. 501

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, A group from Baylor University is visiting the State
	Capitol on February 19, 2009, and this occasion provides a fitting
	opportunity to pay tribute to the rich history of this notable
	institution; and
	WHEREAS, Baylor University dates back to 1841, when 35
	delegates at the Union Baptist Association meeting accepted a
	proposal by the Reverend William Milton Tryon and State District
	Judge R. E. B. Baylor to create a Baptist university in Texas; the
	Texas Baptist Education Society later petitioned the Congress of
	the Republic of Texas, and, on February 1, 1845, an act was signed
	into law that officially established Baylor University; Reverend
	Tryon and Judge Baylor are regarded as the founders of the
	university, along with the Reverend James Huckins, who was the
	first Baptist missionary to Texas and the university's first
	full-time fund-raiser; each year in February, the Baylor University
	community hosts a Founders Day celebration to commemorate the
	anniversary of its charter; and
	WHEREAS, Today, Baylor University is a nationally ranked
	liberal arts institution with a population of more than 14,000
	students working toward degrees in 145 areas of study; this private
	college is small enough to offer its students personal attention
	but large enough to feature Big 12 athletics programs and nearly 300
	student organizations; the university places special emphasis on
	community service, and students, faculty, and staff volunteer
	countless hours in the Waco area; and
	WHEREAS, For more than a century and a half, Baylor
	University has provided its students with an outstanding education
	and a solid foundation for future success and, in so doing, it has
	contributed to the continued progress of the Lone Star State; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby honor Baylor University and extend a warm
	welcome to the representatives from the university who are present
	in the State Capitol today; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Baylor University as an expression of high regard by
	the Texas House of Representatives.
	Kent Allen
	Anderson Bolton
	Cook Davis of Harris
	Dunnam Eiland
	Hancock Hughes
	Kleinschmidt Lewis
	McCall Patrick
	Paxton Phillips
	Shelton Taylor
	Vaught
	Straus Gattis Menendez
	Allen Geren Merritt
	Alonzo Giddings Miklos
	Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
	Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
	Anderson Guillen Moody
	Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
	Berman Hamilton Naishtat
	Bohac Hancock Oliveira
	Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
	Bonnen Harless Orr
	Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
	Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
	Burnam Hernandez Patrick
	Button Herrero Paxton
	Callegari Hilderbran Pena
	Castro Hochberg Phillips
	Chavez Hodge Pickett
	Chisum Homer Pierson
	Christian Hopson Pitts
	Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
	Cook Hughes Riddle
	Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
	Crabb Isett Ritter
	Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
	Creighton Jones Rose
	Crownover Keffer Sheffield
	Darby Kent Shelton
	Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
	Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
	Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
	Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
	Edwards Legler Thibaut
	Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
	Eissler Lewis Truitt
	Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
	England Madden Turner of Harris
	Farabee Maldonado Vaught
	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
	Farrar Marquez Villarreal
	Fletcher Martinez Vo
	Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
	Flynn McCall Weber
	Frost McClendon Woolley
	Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 501 was adopted by the House on
	February 19, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House