Bill Text: TX HCR19 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Don Sparks on receiving the 2022 Top Hand award from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-27 - Signed by the Governor [HCR19 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR19-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 19 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Don Sparks, chair of the board for Discovery | ||
| Operating, has been named the 2022 Top Hand by the Permian Basin | ||
| Petroleum Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An Amarillo native, Mr. Sparks earned a petroleum | ||
| engineering degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1962, | ||
| and after serving in the U.S. Navy for four years, he embarked on | ||
| his distinguished career in the petroleum industry; initially, he | ||
| held a number of engineering and consulting roles with such | ||
| companies as Bailey, Sipes, Williamson and Runyan, Freeport Oil | ||
| Company, and Shell Oil Company; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After settling in Midland, he and his wife, | ||
| Gwyndolyn, decided to use their savings to launch Discovery | ||
| Operating in 1973; so began the independent company's many decades | ||
| of success, and in 2023, Discovery will celebrate its 50th | ||
| anniversary; in addition, Mr. Sparks joined with C. Ronald Platt to | ||
| cofound the engineering consulting firm Platt, Sparks & Associates | ||
| in 1980; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Sparks has been active in myriad professional | ||
| organizations, including the Society of Petroleum Engineers | ||
| Permian Basin Chapter, the Independent Petroleum Association of | ||
| America, and the National Society of Petroleum Engineers; moreover, | ||
| his family and company have supported such worthwhile causes as | ||
| High Sky Children's Ranch and The Village at Manor Park; in | ||
| recognition of his many accomplishments, he was named a UT | ||
| Distinguished Alumnus and was inducted into the Petroleum Hall of | ||
| Fame, and he has received an Independent Petroleum Association of | ||
| America Leadership Award and a Hearst Energy Award for Lifetime | ||
| Achievement; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Sparks and Mrs. Sparks are the parents of three | ||
| sons, Jeff, Kevin, and Todd, and they also take great pride in their | ||
| grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through his leadership, vision, and expertise, Don | ||
| Sparks has earned the lasting respect of his peers in the petroleum | ||
| industry, and he is truly deserving of this prestigious honor; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby congratulate Don Sparks on his receipt of the 2022 Top Hand | ||
| award from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and extend to | ||
| him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Sparks as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
| Craddick | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 19 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 19 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2023, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
