TITLE: Honoring Gene Jones and Charlotte Jones Anderson for their service as co-chairs of the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards.

SUMMARY: Honoring Gene Jones and Charlotte Jones Anderson for their service as co-chairs of the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards.

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WHEREAS, A dynamic mother-and-daughter team, Gene Jones and Charlotte Jones Anderson have distinguished themselves through their exceptional efforts as co-chairs of the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards; and WHEREAS, The TMAA, a biennial event, is sponsored by the Texas Cultural Trust to raise awareness of the many ways in which the arts enhance education, strengthen the economy, and enrich our cultural heritage; from February 24 to 25 this year, the Texas Medal of Arts Awards is celebrating eminent artists, entertainers, and arts patrons at a series of gatherings in Austin, including a gala dinner, an awards show, and a concert; and WHEREAS, Ms. Jones and Ms. Anderson are longtime philanthropists, and they work together through the Gene and Jerry Jones Family Foundation in behalf of a variety of worthy causes, including the Salvation Army; moreover, they supervise all areas of community service for the Dallas Cowboys organization, and they played key roles in the Texas-themed design of AT&T Stadium and in the development of the Dallas Cowboys Art Collection at the facility; and WHEREAS, Deeply committed to her community, education, and the arts, Ms. Jones has served on the boards of the Texas Cultural Trust, the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU, and the Children's Medical Center of Dallas; she was instrumental in the establishment of the Gene and Jerry Jones Great Hall in the Meadows Museum, and she has given of her time and talents as a member of the Salvation Army's Dallas County Board and of its National Advisory Board; and WHEREAS, Ms. Anderson, the executive vice president and chief brand officer of the Dallas Cowboys, serves on the Salvation Army's National Advisory Board, and she became its first female chair in 2013; in addition, she is the first female chair of the NFL Foundation board; and WHEREAS, The recipients of the 2013 Texas Medal of Arts Patron Award, Gene Jones and Charlotte Jones Anderson have worked tirelessly to further the important mission of the Texas Cultural Trust, and their outstanding efforts are indeed deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby commend Gene Jones and Charlotte Jones Anderson for their exemplary service as co-chairs of the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards and honor them for their contributions to the Texas Cultural Trust; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Jones and Ms. Anderson as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Meyer 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. 593 was adopted by the House on February 25, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House