By:  Rabuck                                            H.R. No. 498
       73R7509 WMS-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San
    1-2  Antonio dental school has been designated the nation's best by U.S.
    1-3  News and World Report in the publication's annual ranking of
    1-4  America's best graduate schools; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, Serving expanding educational needs in the vital
    1-6  area of dentistry for more than two decades, the school currently
    1-7  boasts an enrollment of 376 students; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, This outstanding institution also ranks among the
    1-9  top five dental schools in the nation in research funding, with
   1-10  more than $4 million a year in grants and other support; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, The school was deservedly awarded the status of
   1-12  preeminence in its field on the basis of its reputation for
   1-13  scholarship, curriculum, and the quality of faculty and graduate
   1-14  students; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, As further evidence of the national regard for this
   1-16  exemplary seat of higher learning, Dr. John P. Howe III, president
   1-17  of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,
   1-18  has been chosen to head a prestigious National Academy of Sciences
   1-19  committee whose task will be to put forth recommendations about
   1-20  dentistry and dental education for the next quarter century; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, The faculty, staff, and students of the dental
   1-22  school exemplify the level of excellence to which all such
   1-23  institutions aspire, and it is indeed appropriate that they be
   1-24  given special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it
    2-1        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
    2-2  Legislature hereby congratulate The University of Texas Health
    2-3  Science Center at San Antonio dental school on being named the best
    2-4  dental school in the nation by U.S.  News and World Report; and, be
    2-5  it further
    2-6        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
    2-7  prepared for Dr. John P. Howe III, president of The University of
    2-8  Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and dental school dean
    2-9  Dr. Kenneth Kalkwarf as an expression of high regard by the Texas
   2-10  House of Representatives.