Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 100
2	2	WHEREAS, Janey and Melvin Lack of Victoria are being
3	3	presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award by the South Texas
4	4	Council of the Boy Scouts of America at a gala dinner on February
5	5	12, 2015, and this occasion offers a fitting opportunity to
6	6	celebrate their extraordinary record of community service; and
7	7	WHEREAS, An Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the
8	8	Arrow as a boy, Melvin Lack graduated from Rice University and
9	9	the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration; for
10	10	many years, he ran his family's chain of furniture stores, which
11	11	was based in Victoria; he has served as president, chair, and
12	12	treasurer of the board of the National Home Furnishing
13	13	Association, as a board member of the Victoria Chamber of
14	14	Commerce, and as a founding director of the Victoria Business and
15	15	Education Coalition; and
16	16	WHEREAS, Mr. Lack's extensive community service also
17	17	includes leadership roles on the boards of such organizations and
18	18	institutions as the Victoria Symphony Society, the Victoria
19	19	Regional Museum Association, the Citizens Medical Center, the
20	20	Victoria Planning Commission, United Way, Congregation B'nai
21	21	Israel, and the University of Houston-Victoria; and
22	22	WHEREAS, Janey Lack earned an undergraduate degree from
23	23	the University of Michigan and, like her husband, an M.B.A. from
24	24	Harvard; the first woman to work as a management consultant for
25	25	McKinsey & Company, she served as vice president of marketing and
26	26	advertising for Lack's Stores, Incorporated, from 1992 to 2011;
27	27	deeply engaged in civic affairs, she has served the city of
28	28	Victoria as a member of the city council and as chair of the Parks
29	29	and Recreation Commission, the Metropolitan Planning
30	30	Organization, the Tax Increment Finance Board, and the Victoria
31	31	Symphony Society Endowment Trust; and
32	32	WHEREAS, Mrs. Lack's statewide contributions include
33	33	service as chair of the Educational Economic Policy Center, the
34	34	Texas Council on Vocational Education, and the Governor's Task
35	35	Force on Literacy; she is a life member of the College of
36	36	Education Foundation Advisory Council for The University of
37	37	Texas at Austin, and she currently serves the University of
38	38	Michigan as a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the
39	39	College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; she is a former
40	40	chair of the alumni association's board of directors; and
41	41	WHEREAS, Recognized repeatedly for outstanding civic
42	42	leadership, Mr. Lack has received the Jaycee Distinguished
43	43	Citizens Award and the Golden Diploma from the Victoria Chamber
44	44	of Commerce, while Mrs. Lack has received an Outstanding Citizen
45	45	Award from the Victoria Rotary Club, the South Texas Woman Award,
46	46	and the Victoria Women of Achievement Award, among other
47	47	accolades; and
48	48	WHEREAS, Married for nearly half a century, the couple have
49	49	been blessed with a daughter, Julie, and two sons and a
50	50	daughter-in-law, David and Jeffrey and his wife, Cinda, as well
51	51	as five grandchildren, Clara, Ellie, Grace, Mason, and
52	52	Mackenzie; and
53	53	WHEREAS, Melvin and Janey Lack have been extraordinarily
54	54	generous with their time, talent, and expertise over the years,
55	55	and their tireless efforts in behalf of others have greatly
56	56	benefited the city of Victoria and the State of Texas; now,
57	57	therefore, be it
58	58	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
59	59	Legislature, hereby congratulate Janey and Melvin Lack on their
60	60	receipt of the Distinguished Citizen Award from the South Texas
61	61	Council of the Boy Scouts of America and extend to them sincere
62	62	best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further
63	63	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
64	64	prepared for Janey and Melvin Lack as an expression of high
65	65	regard from the Texas Senate.
66	66	Kolkhorst
67	67	________________________________
68	68	President of the Senate
69	69	I hereby certify that the
70	70	above Resolution was adopted by
71	71	the Senate on February 4, 2015.
72	72	________________________________
73	73	Secretary of the Senate
74	74	________________________________
75	75	Member, Texas Senate