86R20982 BK-D
By: Dutton H.R. No. 979
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lester Howard has earned a 2019 Outstanding Texan
Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Howard is retired from a nearly 35-year career
as a deputy assistant director of Houston's Department of Public
Works and Engineering; he has served his community for a quarter
century as a member of the Rosewood Civic Club, and he has led the
group as president for the past decade; each year, the club awards
two scholarships to underprivileged students from its neighboring
high school; and
WHEREAS, Active on many boards and committees at the local
and state levels, Mr. Howard has also volunteered his time as
president of Super Neighborhood No. 48 and as a member of Northeast
Beyond 2000, Northeast Education First, the Northeast Patrol
Positive Interaction Program, the National Forum for Black Public
Administrators, and the Halls Ahead Advisory Committee of the
Harris County Flood Control District; he has further benefited the
congregation of Bethany Baptist Church through his service as chair
of the deacon staff and in various other leadership capacities; and
WHEREAS, Through his long record of civic engagement, Lester
Howard has proven himself to be a committed champion of his
community, and this award is a fitting tribute to all that he has
accomplished in its behalf; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Lester Howard on his receipt of a
2019 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black
Caucus 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. Howard as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.