By: Ratliff S.R. No. 1129 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The economic future and well-being of the 1-3 State of Texas lies with the ability, education, and initiative 1-4 of its young people; and 1-5 WHEREAS, It is these individuals who will largely be 1-6 responsible for transforming Texas into a technologically oriented 1-7 society; and 1-8 WHEREAS, The Texas Society of Professional Engineers, through 1-9 the MATHCOUNTS program, is striving to prepare these students for 1-10 the challenges ahead; and 1-11 WHEREAS, MATHCOUNTS is a national program designed to 1-12 encourage seventh-grade and eighth-grade students to enhance their 1-13 mathematics skills and to reward these "mathletes" for their superior 1-14 skill and efforts; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Nationally recognized by the President of the 1-16 United States, the Vice-President, and members of Congress, as well 1-17 as by the Secretary of Education, the National Council of Teachers 1-18 of Mathematics, the National Science Foundation, and the Texas State 1-19 Board of Education, the program received financial and administrative 1-20 support from the National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA 1-21 Insurance Companies, NASA, and others; and 1-22 WHEREAS, Texas MATHCOUNTS derives its financial support 1-23 from the generosity of such corporate and foundation leaders as 2-1 NationsBank, 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, Chevron U.S.A., Incorporated, 2-2 Compaq Computer Foundation, Motorola, Sid Richardson Foundation, 2-3 Southwest Airlines, Southwestern Bell Foundation, Texas Instruments, 2-4 Incorporated, Texas Utilities Electric, SEMATECH, Texas Society of 2-5 Professional Engineers auxiliaries, and Texas Society of Professional 2-6 Engineers chapters; and 2-7 WHEREAS, This year's "Texas Team" consisting of Weiyi Li 2-8 of College Station, Ben Mathews of Dallas, Matt Mendicino of 2-9 San Antonio, Cody Patterson of Weatherford, and Coach John Cocharo 2-10 of Dallas travelled to Washington, D.C., for the April 28 National 2-11 MATHCOUNTS Competition where they distinguished themselves and the 2-12 State of Texas by achieving the rank of second in the nation; now, 2-13 therefore, be it 2-14 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-15 74th Legislature, hereby commend and applaud these students, their 2-16 teachers, and their peers for their contribution to the future of 2-17 Texas; and, be it further 2-18 RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-19 members of the "Texas Team" as an expression of esteem and respect 2-20 from the Texas Senate. 2-21 ______________________________________ 2-22 President of the Senate 2-23 I hereby certify that the above 2-24 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-25 on May 19, 1995. 3-1 ______________________________________ 3-2 Secretary of the Senate 3-3 ______________________________________ 3-4 Member, Texas Senate