TITLE: Honoring the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on the 100th anniversary of its founding.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on the 100th anniversary of its founding.

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WHEREAS, The Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 2011; and WHEREAS, Officially organized as the School of Agriculture in 1911, the college has grown from an initial enrollment of 166 to serve some 6,500 students today; offering 40 undergraduate degree programs and over 50 graduate programs in 14 departments, the college graduates more students in agriculturally related fields than anywhere else in the country; in addition, it partners with the four Texas A&M AgriLife agencies to fulfill the university's land-grant mission of teaching, research, extension, and service; and WHEREAS, Students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences benefit from instruction by a world-class faculty that includes a Nobel Prize laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner; the college is widely recognized as a leader in a number of academic disciplines, and its programs range from long-established majors such as agronomy and animal science to newer fields of study such as forensics and spatial sciences; moreover, in their research, faculty members address many vital issues, including fuels for the future, potential cures for diseases, and the safety and abundance of the food supply; graduates of the school have gone on to distinguish themselves as leaders in science, industry, business, and government at the local, state, and national levels; and WHEREAS, For a century, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has remained committed to meeting the educational needs of its students, and the school has played an integral role in helping many individuals in Texas and beyond build a bright and prosperous future for themselves while contributing to the greater good; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences be honored on the 100th anniversary of its founding and that all those associated with the institution be extended sincere best wishes for the future. Brown Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 934 was adopted by the House on March 22, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House