By: Turner S.R. No. 1263 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 1-7 oriented society; and 1-8 WHEREAS, The Texas Society of Professional Engineers, 1-9 through the MATHCOUNTS program, is striving to prepare today's 1-10 students for 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 1-13 their mathematics skills and to reward the "mathletes" for their 1-14 superior 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, 1-17 as well as by the Secretary of Education, the National Council 1-18 of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Science Foundation, and 1-19 the Texas State Board of Education, the program receives financial 1-20 and administrative support from the National Society of Professional 1-21 Engineers, CNA 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 2-1 as NationsBank, 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, Chevron U.S.A., 2-2 Incorporated, Compaq Computer Foundation, Motorola, Sid Richardson 2-3 Foundation, Southwest Airlines, Southwestern Bell Foundation, Texas 2-4 Instruments, Incorporated, Texas Utilities Electric, Sematech, Texas 2-5 Society of Professional Engineers auxiliaries, and Texas Society of 2-6 Professional 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, and Cody Patterson of Weatherford, and 2-10 Coach John Cocharo of Dallas travelled to Washington, D.C., 2-11 for the April 28 National MATHCOUNTS Competition where they 2-12 distinguished themselves and the State of Texas by achieving 2-13 the rank of second in the nation; now, therefore, be it 2-14 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-15 74th Legislature, hereby commend and applaud these students 2-16 and their coach for their outstanding performance at the National 2-17 MATHCOUNTS Competition and for their contributions to the future 2-18 of Texas; and, be it further 2-19 RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-20 members of the Texas Team and Coach Cocharo as an expression of 2-21 esteem and respect from the Texas Senate. 2-22 ______________________________________ 2-23 President of the Senate 2-24 I hereby certify that the above 2-25 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-1 on May 26, 1995. 3-2 ______________________________________ 3-3 Secretary of the Senate 3-4 ______________________________________ 3-5 Member, Texas Senate