81R8938 JGH-D
By: Merritt H.R. No. 860
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Dr. Peter Rodriguez has received the 2008
Distinguished Alumni Award from the Kilgore College Ex-Student
Association; and
WHEREAS, The first recipient of this prestigious new award,
Peter Rodriguez attended Kilgore College and then received his
bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University; he went on to earn his
master's degree and doctorate in economics from Princeton
University; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Rodriguez has served as a lecturer at Princeton
and as a professor at Texas A&M; he is currently an associate dean
for international affairs and a professor at the Darden School of
Business at the University of Virginia; he has also worked for the
Global Energy Group at J.P. Morgan Chase; and
WHEREAS, Widely recognized for his important work on
international trade, economic development, and globalization, this
outstanding scholar has been a Ford-Rockefeller Academic Fellow, a
Fellow of the British-American Project of Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies, and an Excellence in Diversity
Fellow at the University of Virginia; he has also received numerous
awards for teaching excellence; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his impressive career, Dr. Rodriguez has
demonstrated the qualities of intellectual rigor and commitment to
excellence that indeed make him worthy of recognition as a
distinguished alumni of Kilgore College; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Peter Rodriguez for receiving
the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Kilgore College
Ex-Students Association and extend to him sincere best wishes for
continued success and happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Dr. Rodriguez as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.