TITLE: Congratulating Courtney Zubowski and Dr. Eric Haas on the occasion of their wedding.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Courtney Zubowski and Dr. Eric Haas on the occasion of their wedding.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, March 2, 2013, was indeed a special day for Courtney Zubowski and Dr. Eric Haas of Houston, for on that day they were united in marriage at the Corinthian by Rabbi Brian Strauss; and WHEREAS, A Houston native, Ms. Zubowski attended high school in Bellaire, where she got her start in broadcast journalism, delivering news to the students as part of the school's television production program; she went on to graduate from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and during her studies she was named the most distinguished student in her graduating class and honored two years in a row by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program; and WHEREAS, Ms. Zubowski began her career as a news anchor at a television station in Beaumont, winning several awards for her coverage and sharing in an Edward R. Murrow Award bestowed on the station; she then worked as a television news reporter in Phoenix and also contributed to reports for Headline News and CNN; she returned to Houston in 2008 to join KHOU Channel 11 as a reporter; and WHEREAS, A double board-certified colorectal surgeon, Dr. Haas has been named among the top one percent of doctors in the country by U.S. News and World Report;he is a member of Colorectal Surgical Associates in Houston and also serves as chief of the division of colon and rectal surgery and director of clinical research and quality outcomes at University General Hospital; moreover, he is a faculty surgeon at St. Luke's, The Methodist, and Memorial Hermann Hospitals; and WHEREAS, Dr. Haas earned his medical degree from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society; he completed his residency at St. Joseph Hospital and took part in fellowship training through The University of Texas Medical School Fellowship Program; he serves as the director of a surgery fellowship program at UT Medical School in Houston and is a member of the teaching faculty at the Baylor College of Medicine; he and his research fellows have published widely and have presented at surgical meetings throughout the world; and WHEREAS, The wedding of Ms. Zubowski and Dr. Haas marks a profound deepening of a relationship that has grown in trust, devotion, and mutual respect, and it is a pleasure to honor them as they begin a new chapter of their lives together; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Courtney Zubowski and Dr. Eric Haas on their wedding and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Zubowski and Dr. Hass as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Wu Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1046 was adopted by the House on March 27, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House