In the February 2009 segment of People Doing Business the Lawal Center for Global Trade in the Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Texas Southern University comes one step closer to becoming a reality with the first generous installment donation of $100,000.00 of a $1 million pledge from alumnus, businessman, Kase Lawal. The RNC elects its first Black Chairman in Former Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele who won his bid to become the first African-American Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Houston based Astoundry was named the best place to work in Texas by the Association of Business, the Texas State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, and Best Companies Group. Kevin Hanratty is President and Chief Service Officer of Astoundry. Caterpillar Breaks Ground on Manufacturing Facility in Seguin Texas thanks to Texas Governor Rick Perry. Jim Johnson, the founder of Better Marketing Concepts, L.L.C. welcomed on as a global consultant to the publisher. Galvestons Harbor House Reopens Following Hurricane Ike Closure. Harbor House is owned by Galveston preservationists Cynthia and George Mitchell and is part of Mitchell Historic Properties. For room reservations, call (409) 763-3321.United States Congressman Pete Olson talks to Houston Business Connections readers about leadership. Businessman Kase Lawal shares a moment with Port of Houston Authority Chairman James T. Edmonds on the campus of Texas Southern University. John Zogby of Zogby International publishers a story on President Barack Obama entitled History: With Crisis Comes Opportunity. Harris County played host to its first annual major trade and Transportation Conference. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett organized the conference to address current events in trade and transportation, with a special focus on U.S. and Mexico trade. The FBI provided an article on our new identification system. The article was entitled: Beyond Fingerprints. State Representative District 138 Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston) was pleased to report that the Brickhouse Gully Basin is completed. The project was completed ahead of schedule according to Harris County Flood Control District spokeswoman Heather Saucier. The Texas Ports Association (TPA) honors our very own U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as TPA Person of the Year. Lancey the first commercially cloned dog in the world was delivered to a Florida family by BioArts Internationals Chairman, Lou Hawthorne. President Obama thanks troops and pledges his support following a meeting with the joint chiefs. James Jim Johnson pictured shaking hands with the governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal. Aubrey R. Taylor announces the appointment of six new faculty members and one new member of the Universitys staff at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The facility is being built in Saudi Arabia as an international, graduate-level research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that will also benefit the region and the world.
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