By: Sibley S.R. No. 154
1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION
1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
1-3 recognize Dr. Herbert H. Reynolds, President of Baylor University,
1-4 who will be retiring in May, 1995; and
1-5 WHEREAS, After joining the faculty of Baylor as a teaching
1-6 fellow in 1956, Dr. Reynolds earned his master of science and
1-7 doctor of philosophy degrees in the experimental neurosciences
1-8 and clinical psychology; and
1-9 WHEREAS, He retired from the United States Air Force in
1-10 1968 after serving as Director of Research at the Aeromedical
1-11 Research Laboratory and as the establishing commander of the
1-12 Air Force Human Resources Laboratories; and
1-13 WHEREAS, In March, 1969, he joined Baylor University as
1-14 Executive Vice-President and on June 1, 1981, was named the 11th
1-15 president of Texas' oldest institution of higher learning; and
1-16 WHEREAS, His presidency has seen more than $150 million in
1-17 renovated and new facilities added to Baylor, the endowment has
1-18 quadrupled, and the total net assets of the university have more
1-19 than tripled; and
1-20 WHEREAS, In 1982, Dr. Reynolds created the Baylor Ambassadors,
1-21 a unique student service organization which represents Baylor
1-22 University's interests at the state and federal level on important
1-23 policy issues that affect higher education; and
2-1 WHEREAS, The 1995-1996 biennium will be the seventh
2-2 legislative session in which the Ambassadors have worked with
2-3 Texas solons; and
2-4 WHEREAS, In 1986, President Reynolds was designated as one
2-5 of 100 most effective chief executive officers in American colleges
2-6 and universities in a study funded by the Exxon Education Foundation;
2-7 and
2-8 WHEREAS, President Reynolds is the past Chair of the National
2-9 Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and presently
2-10 is Chair of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas; he
2-11 is also a trustee of the Baylor College of Medicine, a member of
2-12 the Select Committee on Higher Education for the State of Texas,
2-13 and a director of the Community Bank and the Chamber of Commerce
2-14 of Waco; and
2-15 WHEREAS, A member of 60 honor, civic, and professional
2-16 organizations, he is a deacon and former deacon chairman of the
2-17 First Baptist Church of Waco, a 33rd degree Mason, and a licensed
2-18 psychologist; and
2-19 WHEREAS, This noted scholar is listed in Who's Who in
2-20 America, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in
2-21 Science, and Who's Who in Education, and he has been named a
2-22 Distinguished Alumnus of both Trinity University and Baylor
2-23 University; he also holds a doctor of science degree from the
2-24 Baylor College of Dentistry as well as Seinan Gakuin University
2-25 in Japan; now, therefore, be it
3-1 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
3-2 74th Legislature, hereby congratulate President Herbert H. Reynolds
3-3 of Baylor University on his impressive accomplishments and extend
3-4 congratulations to him on his approaching retirement; and, be it
3-5 further
3-6 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him
3-7 as an expression of the high esteem of the Texas Senate.
3-8 ______________________________________
3-9 President of the Senate
3-10 I hereby certify that the above
3-11 Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-12 on February 6, 1995.
3-13 ______________________________________
3-14 Secretary of the Senate
3-15 ______________________________________
3-16 Member, Texas Senate