| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2115 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The city of Houston lost a respected business and |
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| 6 | 6 | | civic leader with the death of Alex Wang, who passed away on |
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| 7 | 7 | | April 30, 2023, at the age of 59; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Alex Wang was born in November 1964 in Hefei, Anhui, |
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| 9 | 9 | | China; after studying in the Department of Radio Electronics at the |
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| 10 | 10 | | University of Science and Technology of China, he began his career |
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| 11 | 11 | | as an assistant engineer at the Hefei Microcomputer Research |
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| 12 | 12 | | Institute; in 1990, he immigrated to the United States and enrolled |
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| 13 | 13 | | at the University of Houston, where he earned a master's degree in |
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| 14 | 14 | | computer science in 1997; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, The founder and president of Z & ZZ International, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Mr. Wang designed and maintained websites for numerous companies, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and he also devoted himself to the online news industry as the |
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| 18 | 18 | | founder and editor in chief of the World Hall of Fame network, for |
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| 19 | 19 | | which he wrote many Chinese-language articles that were popular |
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| 20 | 20 | | worldwide; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Dedicated to serving the Chinese American community |
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| 22 | 22 | | in the U.S. and to promoting Chinese culture around the world, |
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| 23 | 23 | | Mr. Wang took an active role in helping Chinese immigrants succeed |
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| 24 | 24 | | in the U.S.; moreover, he held leadership roles with a number of |
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| 25 | 25 | | worthy organizations, serving as secretary-general of the Anhui |
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| 26 | 26 | | Association of Texas and as deputy executive director of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | Chinese Civic Center in Houston; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Wang and his first wife, Zhong Zhang, were |
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| 29 | 29 | | blessed with a daughter, Winnie Wang; though their marriage later |
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| 30 | 30 | | ended, he went on to enjoy a richly rewarding union with his second |
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| 31 | 31 | | wife, Bo Lu, who spent many years working behind the scenes to |
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| 32 | 32 | | support her husband's media platform and civic endeavors; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, The loss of Alex Wang is keenly felt by the numerous |
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| 34 | 34 | | friends and colleagues that he made through the years as well as by |
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| 35 | 35 | | the countless people in Texas and beyond whose lives he forever |
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| 36 | 36 | | enriched; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Alex Wang and extend |
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| 39 | 39 | | sincere condolences to his family and friends; and, be it further |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 41 | 41 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 42 | 42 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Alex Wang. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Wu |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | 46 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2115 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 47 | 47 | | rising vote of the House on May 25, 2023. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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