SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 100
WHEREAS, Janey and Melvin Lack of Victoria are being
presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award by the South Texas
Council of the Boy Scouts of America at a gala dinner on February
12, 2015, and this occasion offers a fitting opportunity to
celebrate their extraordinary record of community service; and
WHEREAS, An Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the
Arrow as a boy, Melvin Lack graduated from Rice University and
the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration; for
many years, he ran his family's chain of furniture stores, which
was based in Victoria; he has served as president, chair, and
treasurer of the board of the National Home Furnishing
Association, as a board member of the Victoria Chamber of
Commerce, and as a founding director of the Victoria Business and
Education Coalition; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lack's extensive community service also
includes leadership roles on the boards of such organizations and
institutions as the Victoria Symphony Society, the Victoria
Regional Museum Association, the Citizens Medical Center, the
Victoria Planning Commission, United Way, Congregation B'nai
Israel, and the University of Houston-Victoria; and
WHEREAS, Janey Lack earned an undergraduate degree from
the University of Michigan and, like her husband, an M.B.A. from
Harvard; the first woman to work as a management consultant for
McKinsey & Company, she served as vice president of marketing and
advertising for Lack's Stores, Incorporated, from 1992 to 2011;
deeply engaged in civic affairs, she has served the city of
Victoria as a member of the city council and as chair of the Parks
and Recreation Commission, the Metropolitan Planning
Organization, the Tax Increment Finance Board, and the Victoria
Symphony Society Endowment Trust; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Lack's statewide contributions include
service as chair of the Educational Economic Policy Center, the
Texas Council on Vocational Education, and the Governor's Task
Force on Literacy; she is a life member of the College of
Education Foundation Advisory Council for The University of
Texas at Austin, and she currently serves the University of
Michigan as a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; she is a former
chair of the alumni association's board of directors; and
WHEREAS, Recognized repeatedly for outstanding civic
leadership, Mr. Lack has received the Jaycee Distinguished
Citizens Award and the Golden Diploma from the Victoria Chamber
of Commerce, while Mrs. Lack has received an Outstanding Citizen
Award from the Victoria Rotary Club, the South Texas Woman Award,
and the Victoria Women of Achievement Award, among other
accolades; and
WHEREAS, Married for nearly half a century, the couple have
been blessed with a daughter, Julie, and two sons and a
daughter-in-law, David and Jeffrey and his wife, Cinda, as well
as five grandchildren, Clara, Ellie, Grace, Mason, and
Mackenzie; and
WHEREAS, Melvin and Janey Lack have been extraordinarily
generous with their time, talent, and expertise over the years,
and their tireless efforts in behalf of others have greatly
benefited the city of Victoria and the State of Texas; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
Legislature, hereby congratulate Janey and Melvin Lack on their
receipt of the Distinguished Citizen Award from the South Texas
Council of the Boy Scouts of America and extend to them sincere
best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
prepared for Janey and Melvin Lack as an expression of high
regard from the Texas Senate.
Kolkhorst
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on February 4, 2015.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate