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