TITLE: Congratulating Roland G. Parrish on his receipt of the 2015 Texas Black Legislative Caucus Community Award for House District 111.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Roland G. Parrish on his receipt of the 2015 Texas Black Legislative Caucus Community Award for House District 111.

FULL TEXT:
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 Pe a 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 M rquez Stickland Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt Fallon Men ndez 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 Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Murr Wray Goldman Naishtat Wu Gonzales Nev rez Zedler Gonz lez 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