TITLE: Congratulating Jon Weizenbaum on his retirement as commissioner of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Jon Weizenbaum on his retirement as commissioner of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Jon Weizenbaum will be retiring as commissioner of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services on August 31, 2017, after 13 years of outstanding service to that agency and more than two decades of employment with the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, A longtime resident of Austin, Jon Weizenbaum received master's degrees from The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work and the LBJ School of Public Affairs; in 1988, he joined the Department of Human Services as a child protective services specialist, and he later gained additional experience in his field while employed as a social worker for the Casey Family Program and as a case manager for AIDS Services of Austin; from 1998 to 2002, he worked for the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, before spending two years with the Texas Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse as the director for communications and governmental relations; and WHEREAS, Mr. Weizenbaum was hired by the Department of Aging and Disability Services in 2004; as director of the Center for Policy and Innovation, he was tasked with overseeing the development, coordination, and direction of policy initiatives and with the improvement of services through quality monitoring and reporting; his impressive work in that role led to his appointment as deputy commissioner in May 2006 and as commissioner of the agency in October 2012; and WHEREAS, This hardworking and highly respected professional is blessed in all his endeavors with the love and support of his wife, Nancy, and his daughters, Camille and Emma; retirement will afford him the opportunity to spend additional time with his family and to pursue his hobbies of cycling, birding, and playing music; and WHEREAS, Jon Weizenbaum's vision, dedication, and leadership have greatly benefited the work of the Department of Aging and Disability Services, and he may reflect with pride on all that he has accomplished in behalf of his colleagues and his fellow Texans; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Jon Weizenbaum on his retirement from the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services 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. Weizenbaum as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Sheffield Straus Goldman Oliverson Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega Alonzo Gonz lez of El Paso Paddie Alvarado Gooden Parker Anchia Guerra Paul Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan Ar valo Hefner Phillips Ashby Hernandez Pickett Bailes Herrero Price Bell Hinojosa Raney Bernal Holland Raymond Biedermann Howard Reynolds Blanco Huberty Rinaldi Bohac Hunter Roberts Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burns Johnson of Harris Rose Burrows Kacal Sanford Button Keough Schaefer Cain King of Hemphill Schofield Canales King of Parker Schubert Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen Clardy Klick Sheffield Coleman Koop Shine Collier Krause Simmons Cook Kuempel Smithee Cortez Lambert Springer Cosper Landgraf Stephenson Craddick Lang Stickland Cyrier Larson Stucky Dale Laubenberg Swanson Darby Leach Thierry Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris Dean Lucio III Tinderholt Deshotel Martinez Turner Dukes Metcalf Uresti Dutton Meyer VanDeaver Elkins Miller Villalba Faircloth Minjarez Vo Fallon Moody Walle Farrar Morrison White Flynn Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Frank Murphy Workman Frullo Murr Wray Geren Neave Wu Gervin-Hawkins Nev rez Zedler Giddings Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2527 was adopted by the House on May 26, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House