[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 68 (Friday, May 26, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO DENNIS E. NIXON

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 25, 2006

  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dennis E. Nixon, 
Chairman of International Bancshares Corporation (IBC), on his being 
selected as an inductee into the 2006 Texas Business Hall of Fame on 
October 26, 2006.
  Mr. Nixon is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading banking 
authorities. Since joining IBC in 1975, he has been instrumental in the 
ranking of the bank as the largest minority-owned bank organization in 
the United States with assets of $10.3 billion with over 200 full 
service branches throughout Texas and Oklahoma in over eighty 
communities. IBC is headquartered in the City of Laredo and employs 
over three thousand in the South Texas region and in Oklahoma.
  Mr. Nixon's approach to banking is based at the community level in 
which all customers large and small retain the same value, and this 
approach has been achieved through the involvement of IBC in community 
service. Mr. Nixon believes in the importance of corporate social 
responsibility, and has encouraged his employees to be active 
volunteers in community service with various non-profit organizations. 
As a result, IBC was the winner of the 2001 Governor's Volunteer Award 
in the corporate business category.
  Mr. Speaker, thank you for allowing me to honor Dennis E. Nixon, 
Chairman of International Bancshares Corporation, in recognition of his 
selection as an inductee into the 2006 Texas Business Hall of Fame.

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