TITLE: Honoring Kinnan Golemon on his 50 years as an attorney and consultant.

SUMMARY: Honoring Kinnan Golemon on his 50 years as an attorney and consultant.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Kinnan Golemon, a nationally recognized figure in the field of environmental, natural resources, and energy law, is to be congratulated on a distinguished career that, as of 2017, has spanned 50 years; and WHEREAS, After earning a degree in industrial management engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1961, Mr. Golemon joined the U.S. Marine Corps and remained on active duty until 1964, serving in Cuba, Okinawa, Taiwan, and Vietnam; he completed his service with the corps in 1969 at the rank of captain; and WHEREAS, While attending The University of Texas School of Law, Mr. Golemon worked for the Texas Water Pollution Control Board, and after graduating in 1967, he embarked on a career as an environmental lawyer; he went on to practice for 30 years with the firm of Brown McCarroll in Austin, and in 2008 he became the founder and president of a consulting firm, KG Strategies; and WHEREAS, For the past half century, Mr. Golemon has provided expert professional advice to the legislature and others on a wide variety of complex environmental, energy, natural resources, and economic issues; as general counsel for the Texas Chemical Council from 1992 to 2006, he represented approximately 80 chemical manufacturers; he has also chaired the State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, as well as the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources and the ABA Standing Committee on Environmental Law; in addition, he has given generously of his time and energies to his colleagues and mentored generations of younger lawyers; and WHEREAS, An inaugural Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers, Mr. Golemon was named in 2016 as 1 of 24 "environmental pioneers" by the Environmental Law Institute; and WHEREAS, Active in the community at large, Mr. Golemon serves on the executive committee of the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument and on the advisory boards of the Ronald McDonald House and the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law and Business at The University of Texas at Austin; and WHEREAS, Kinnan Golemon has made immeasurable contributions in his field, and it is indeed a pleasure to join with him in celebrating a major milestone in his exceptional career; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby honor attorney and consultant Kinnan Golemon as he marks five decades of eminent professional service 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. Golemon as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Darby Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 924 was adopted by the House on March 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House