By:  Luna                                               S.R. No. 984
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to recognize
    1-3  Gardner Selby for his many achievements and for the contributions he
    1-4  has made in the field of journalism; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, He was born July 6, 1961, in London; his mother,
    1-6  Lucy Garretson, studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music and met
    1-7  her future husband, Dr. Henry Selby, who taught the classics, Greek,
    1-8  and Latin to London schoolchildren; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, An anthropologist, Dr. Selby took his family to
   1-10  Oaxaca, Mexico; Gardner also lived in Boston and Philadelphia, where
   1-11  he started his first newspaper at the age of nine with the help of
   1-12  his Aunt Helen; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, Gardner attended The University of Texas at Austin
   1-14  and was an excellent Plan II student; he served as an editor on the
   1-15  Daily Texan and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor of arts
   1-16  degree with honors in 1983; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, He met and married Kaye Schultz while he was working
   1-18  and studying in Madison, Wisconsin; they are the proud parents of
   1-19  a three-year-old daughter, Anna Madison Schultz Selby; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, This notable young man is a highly qualified
   1-21  journalist who has been a reporter for several major daily
   1-22  newspapers, including the Houston Post, the Dallas Times Herald,
   1-23  and the Wichita Eagle-Beacon; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, An author of numerous published articles as a
    2-2  free-lance writer, Gardner Selby has won many honors which include
    2-3  the Community Service Award from Capital Community Citizens in 1987
    2-4  and the Texas APME for Investigative Reporting in 1994; and
    2-5        WHEREAS, The accomplishments of this distinguished graduate of
    2-6  The University of Texas at Austin are truly worthy of legislative
    2-7  recognition; now, therefore, be it
    2-8        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    2-9  74th Legislature, hereby commend Gardner Selby on his journalistic
   2-10  career and wish him well in his future endeavors; and, be it further
   2-11        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him
   2-12  as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate.
   2-13                               ______________________________________
   2-14                                       President of the Senate
   2-15                                    I hereby certify that the above
   2-16                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
   2-17                               on May 8, 1995.
   2-18                               ______________________________________
   2-19                                       Secretary of the Senate
   2-20                               ______________________________________
   2-21                                        Member, Texas Senate