[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 152 (Tuesday, October 29, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1593]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING LUCY BILLINGSLEY AS RECIPIENT OF THE 2013 H. NEIL MALLON 
                                 AWARD

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 29, 2013

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize Lucy Billingsley who received the 2013 H. Neil Mallon Award 
from the World Affairs Council on Friday, October 25. Mrs. Billingsley 
is a Dallas native and well-known real estate developer in North Texas.
  Past recipients of the H. Neil Mallon Award include Stanley Marcus, 
Ray Hunt, President George H.W. Bush, Ross Perot, and Trammell Crow. 
The World Affairs Council was founded by H. Neil Mallon in 1951 in 
order to educate and involve Americans in global issues.
  The only daughter of developer Trammell Crow Sr., Mrs. Billingsley is 
not only a local real estate mogul but also has a major global impact. 
Billingsley serves as the International Board Chair of Women for Women, 
the Chiapas International Founder, a member of the National Geographic 
Society Council of Advisors, a member of the Council of Foreign 
Relations, a member of the Tate Board at Southern Methodist University, 
and on the University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brain Health 
Advisory Committee.
  Before developing Billingsley Company with her husband, Henry, Mrs. 
Billingsley was the Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas Market Center 
and the Crow Design Centers across the United States. Billingsley also 
grew her travel agency, Wyndham Jade, to be the largest privately owned 
travel agency in the Southwest. The recently re-imagined and acclaimed 
Dallas Arts District was just one brain child of Billingsley's many.
  Lucy Billingsley has served as an inspiration not only to women of 
Dallas, but also nationally and internationally. Her humanitarian 
efforts to promote business and diplomatic relations across the globe 
will not go unnoticed. Mrs. Billingsley is a personal friend and I 
applaud her efforts in Dallas and globally.

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