H.R. No. 1531
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The City of Rockwall has greatly benefited from the
public service and leadership of Kevin Fowler, who is concluding
his tenure as mayor in May 2023; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Fowler was elected to his first of three terms
on the Rockwall City Council in 2015, and during his time as a
councilmember, he was twice named mayor pro tempore; he
successfully ran for the office of mayor in 2021; and
WHEREAS, Through the years, Mayor Fowler has held leadership
roles on a number of boards and commissions for the city, including
the Rockwall Economic Development Corporation, the Building Better
Roads Bond Committee, and the Rockwall Business and Education
Committee; he has also been active with the Rockwall Area Chamber of
Commerce, the Rockwall Rotary Club, Baylor Scott & White Medical
Center-Lake Pointe, the YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, the
Rockwall Youth Fair, and CASA, and he is a member of First Baptist
Church of Rockwall; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Fowler has enjoyed a 30-year career in banking
and currently serves as the Rockwall regional president of Lakeside
Bank; he earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Louisiana State
University and graduated from Southern Methodist University's
Southwestern Graduate School of Banking; and
WHEREAS, Through his many civic contributions, Kevin Fowler
has helped to make Rockwall an even better place in which to live
and work, and he may indeed reflect with pride on all that he has
accomplished; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Mayor Kevin Fowler on his service to
Rockwall 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 Mayor Fowler as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Holland
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1531 was adopted by the House on May
19, 2023, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House