84R21987 CJM-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.R. No. 2098
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Warren Seay is stepping down from the DeSoto
Independent School District Board of Trustees on May 26, 2015,
after six years of outstanding service to that body; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Seay first won a seat on the DeSoto ISD board in
May 2009 at the age of 20, becoming the youngest elected official in
Dallas County history, and he has served as president of the group
since 2011; during his tenure on the board, he has played an
instrumental role in creating the DeSoto Early College High School
and the iSTEAM Academy, in securing a GEAR UP grant from the
U.S. Department of Education, and in expanding early childhood
education to full-day pre-K for all eligible students; he has also
overseen the development of the International Baccalaureate
Diploma Program and the renovation of DeSoto High School to provide
improved facilities for the College and Career Academies;
furthermore, he has skillfully balanced the budget while lowering
the tax rate and increasing teacher pay; and
WHEREAS, A native of Dallas County, Warren Seay attended
Southern Methodist University, graduating summa cum laude in 2010
with a bachelor of arts in political science and returning to earn a
juris doctor degree in 2013; during the course of his collegiate
career, he published a chapter entitled "Human Rights in Egypt" in
Human Rights and National Security Dilemmas and drafted a chapter
on affirmative action for Contentious Social Issues; he was
recognized as a Ray and Nancy Ann Hunt Leadership Scholar, a USA
Today Academic All-American, an Institute for Responsible
Citizenship Scholar, and SMU's Most Outstanding Senior Man, and he
received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Seay has continued to excel as an attorney with
the Real Estate Finance Practice Group at Winstead PC, where he
represents national and local banks and capital market lenders and
borrowers and serves on the firm's diversity committee; he is an
active member of the Dallas Bar Association and the JL Turner Legal
Society, and he was named a 2015 Black Alumni of SMU History Maker
and a Winstead's Juris Doctor Scholar in recognition of his myriad
accomplishments; and
WHEREAS, Through his visionary leadership and passionate
commitment to the schoolchildren of DeSoto, this dynamic young
Texan has contributed immeasurably to his community, and he has
earned the respect and appreciation of countless area residents;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Warren Seay for his service on the DeSoto
Independent School District Board of Trustees and extend to him
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Seay as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.