H.R. No. 727

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Roland G. Parrish has been named the recipient of
	the 2015 Texas Black Legislative Caucus Community Award for House
	District 111; and
	WHEREAS, The president and chief executive officer of Parrish
	McDonald's Restaurants Limited, Mr. Parrish purchased his first
	McDonald's franchise in 1989; his company now owns two dozen stores
	in the Dallas area, and it has been listed for nine consecutive
	years on the Black Enterprise magazine list of the Top 100
	Black-Owned Businesses in the United States; and
	WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan is serving his third term as
	chair and chief executive officer of the National Black McDonald's
	Operators Association, which represents 1,400 restaurants and
	awards more than $750,000 in scholarships annually; in addition, he
	serves on the board of Ronald McDonald House Charities of North
	Texas; his numerous accolades include the 365Black Award and the
	Paul D. Schrage Lifetime Achievement Award; and
	WHEREAS, Deeply committed to the advancement of higher
	education, Mr. Parrish has given generously of his resources to his
	alma mater, Purdue University, where he earned both his bachelor's
	and master's degrees in business; he donated $2 million for a
	state-of-the-art renovation of the facility now known as the Roland
	G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics, which is the first
	major building on the Purdue campus to be named in honor of an
	African American alumnus; moreover, he has contributed liberally to
	Purdue athletics and the Krannert School of Management, and he has
	funded two scholarships; and
	WHEREAS, Roland Parrish has set a sterling example as a
	business leader and philanthropist, and he is indeed deserving of
	this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate Roland G. Parrish on his receipt of
	the 2015 Texas Black Legislative Caucus Community Award for House
	District 111 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. Parrish 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. 727 was adopted by the House on February
	26, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House