85R10630 JGH-D
By: Ashby H.R. No. 475
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Ronald H. Hufford will retire as executive director
of the Texas Forestry Association on December 31, 2017, drawing to a
close more than three decades of outstanding service to that
institution; and
WHEREAS, After earning a bachelor's degree in forestry from
Southern Illinois University in 1971, Mr. Hufford served his
country for four years as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force; he then
joined the Southern Forest Products Association, where he worked as
a field representative, as director of field services, and
ultimately as vice president of the Forest Resources and
Environmental Division; and
WHEREAS, In 1984, Mr. Hufford assumed the helm of the Texas
Forestry Association, and he has excelled over the past 33 years in
furthering that organization's mission to promote forest
conservation and the forestry industry; he has also chaired the
Texas Agricultural Council, the Texas Society of American
Foresters, and the Texas A&M Forest Science Advisory Council, and
has served on the advisory board of the Texas Agricultural Lifetime
Leadership Program; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hufford's many accolades include the
Distinguished Service to Forestry Award from the Texas Society of
American Foresters, the Bill Clements Memorial Award from Build
East Texas, and the Fellow Award from the Society of American
Foresters; in 2015, this esteemed Texan was inducted into the Texas
Forestry Hall of Fame, and in 2016, the new TFA headquarters
building in Lufkin was named in his honor; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure as TFA executive director, Ron
Hufford has brought to his myriad duties an exceptional breadth of
experience and a consummate professionalism, and he may indeed
reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks upon the
next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Ronald H. Hufford for his exemplary
leadership of the Texas Forestry Association 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. Hufford as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.