Bill Text: TX HR208 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring history professor John C. Britt for his 47 years of service to Lee College.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR208 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR208-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 208 | ||
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| WHEREAS, History professor John C. Britt has served Lee | ||
| College with distinction for nearly a half-century, and the | ||
| institution named its social sciences building in his honor in | ||
| April 2013; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1964, at the age of 24, Mr. Britt became the | ||
| youngest member of the Lee College faculty; he was appointed | ||
| director of the Honors Program in 1995, and under his leadership, | ||
| many of its students have received regional and national awards and | ||
| have presented research papers at the Texas State Historical | ||
| Association, the Great Plains Honors Conference, and the National | ||
| Conference on Undergraduate Research; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Britt is the comanaging editor for Touchstone, a | ||
| journal of undergraduate research published by the TSHA, and he | ||
| coedited two Baytown history anthologies that received | ||
| Certificates of Commendation from the American Association for | ||
| State and Local History; for 20 years, he taught in the college's | ||
| Offender Education Program, and he has held myriad leadership roles | ||
| in professional organizations; he has served on the TSHA board and | ||
| on its education committee, and he is a member of the executive | ||
| board of the Chambers County Historical Commission; moreover, he | ||
| has chaired the Honors Committee of the Gulf Coast Intercollegiate | ||
| Council, and he has conducted summer TSHA Heritage Travel Programs | ||
| as well as traveling historical seminars for teachers, senior | ||
| citizens, and students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2007, the Lee College board of regents created | ||
| the endowed John Britt Honors Chair; Mr. Britt is also the recipient | ||
| of numerous other accolades, among them the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award | ||
| of Excellence (Higher Education) from the Masonic Grand Lodge of | ||
| Texas, the Western Region Faculty Award from the Association of | ||
| Community College Trustees, and the Baytown Junior Chamber of | ||
| Commerce Outstanding Educator Award; he was the first community | ||
| college instructor to garner the Leadership in Education Award from | ||
| the TSHA and the Ima Hogg Historical Achievement Award for | ||
| Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Texas History from the | ||
| Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, This dynamic Baytown native earned his associate's | ||
| degree at Lee College and went on to complete his bachelor's and | ||
| master's degrees in history at Sam Houston State University; he | ||
| taught at R. E. Lee High School before joining Lee College; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of 47 years, John Britt has | ||
| encouraged innumerable young Texans to expand their intellectual | ||
| horizons and develop a lasting interest in the history of the Lone | ||
| Star State, and the naming of a building in his honor is truly a | ||
| fitting tribute to his contributions; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend John C. Britt for | ||
| his exceptional service to Lee College and his students 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. Britt as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Smith | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 208 was adopted by the House on June | ||
| 25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
