82R28282 MGR-D By: Reynolds H.R. No. 2100 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, Missouri City has greatly benefited from the dedicated leadership of the Honorable Allen Owen, who was elected mayor in 1994; and WHEREAS, Mayor Owen has also served as a planning and zoning commissioner, a council member, and mayor pro tempore; with his wife of 41 years, Jane, he has lived in the city for more than three decades and raised three children; and WHEREAS, Mayor Owen, who works as a market area district manager with Wells Fargo, is actively involved with the Fort Bend County Women's Center, literacy council, chamber of commerce, and county fair association; a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and Southern Methodist University, he is the chair of the business advisory council of Asian American Family Services, a lifetime vice president and director of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and the vice chair of the Fort Bend Community Justice Council; and WHEREAS, Each day public servants improve the quality of life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the efforts of Allen Owen are helping to make Missouri City an even better place in which to live and work; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby honor Mayor Allen Owen for his committed public service 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 Mayor Owen as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.