H.R. No. 225

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Retired educator and choir director Evelyn Foster
	Hamilton of Dallas is being honored by the Omicron Mu Omega chapter
	of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., on January 31, 2015, for a half
	century of dedicated service; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Tyler, Ms. Hamilton graduated from
	Emmett Scott High School and received her bachelor's degree in
	music at Wiley College; she later earned a master's degree in music
	education at Louisiana Tech University and a mid-management
	certification from Texas Woman's University, where she also studied
	counseling; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of her exemplary career in
	education, Ms. Hamilton served as director of a number of
	award-winning choirs, including the Maurine F. Bailey Concert Choir
	at Lincoln High School, which she took to the International Youth
	and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, in 1983; she served the
	Dallas Independent School District as vocal music specialist for
	all grades, and she retired as assistant principal of Seagoville
	Elementary School; in addition, she is a former president of a
	chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for women
	educators, and she has been a chapter president and regional music
	chair for Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.; and
	WHEREAS, Ms. Hamilton's lifelong association with Alpha
	Kappa Alpha began in grade school, and she was officially inducted
	into the sorority at Wiley College; she later joined chapters in
	Shreveport, Longview, and Dallas, where she helped to found the
	Omicron Mu Omega chapter; she served the group as its first
	president, and she has written several musical compositions for the
	chapter as well as for the sorority's International Membership
	Committee; today, she is chair of the South Central Region Time and
	Place Committee and a member-at-large advisor for the Omicron Mu
	Omega chapter; and
	WHEREAS, Throughout her endeavors, Ms. Hamilton has enjoyed
	the love and support of her husband, Leon Hamilton, and her son,
	Leon Edric Hamilton Jr.; she is a member of St. Luke Community
	United Methodist Church; and
	WHEREAS, Evelyn Hamilton has demonstrated a lasting
	commitment to Alpha Kappa Alpha, and she may take great pride in
	this well-deserved recognition from her fellow members; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate Evelyn Foster Hamilton for being
	honored by the Omicron Mu Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
	Sorority, Inc., and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued
	happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Ms. Hamilton as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Davis of Dallas
	Straus Guerra Otto
	Allen Guillen Paddie
	Alonzo Gutierrez Parker
	Alvarado Harless Paul
	Anchia Hernandez Peña
	Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan
	Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips
	Ashby Huberty Pickett
	Aycock Hughes Price
	Bell Hunter Raney
	Blanco Isaac Raymond
	Bohac Israel Reynolds
	Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle
	Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi
	Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis
	Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr.
	Button King of Parker Rose
	Canales King of Taylor Sanford
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer
	Clardy Klick Schofield
	Coleman Koop Shaheen
	Collier Krause Sheets
	Cook Kuempel Sheffield
	Craddick Landgraf Simmons
	Crownover Larson Simpson
	Dale Laubenberg Smith
	Darby Leach Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer
	Davis of Harris Lozano Springer
	Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson
	Dukes Márquez Stickland
	Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt
	Fallon Menéndez Turner of Collin
	Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris
	Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles VanDeaver
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White of Bell
	Galindo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
	Geren Murphy Workman
	Giddings Murr Wray
	Goldman Naishtat Wu
	Gonzales Nevárez Zedler
	González Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 225 was adopted by the House on January
	28, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House