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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 506

 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great

 1-4     pleasure in recognizing Margaret A. Dixon, who is president of

 1-5     the American Association of Retired Persons; and

 1-6           WHEREAS, Elected vice president at the 1992 Biennial

 1-7     Convention, she automatically succeeded to the position of

 1-8     president elect at the convention in 1994 and in 1996 became

 1-9     president of the association; and

1-10           WHEREAS, The nation's leading organization for people 50

1-11     and over, the American Association of Retired Persons serves the

1-12     needs of its members through research, community services, and

1-13     legislative advocacy; and

1-14           WHEREAS, In addition to her duties as president of the

1-15     association, Dr. Dixon serves on the American Association of

1-16     Retired Persons Executive Committee and the Board Finance

1-17     Committee; she is a member of the National Legislative Council

1-18     and chair of the American Association of Retired Persons Andrus

1-19     Foundation Board of Trustees; and

1-20           WHEREAS, While she was president elect, Dr. Dixon served as

1-21     chair of the Board Strategic Planning Committee and as a member

1-22     of the Board Operations Committee and National Retired Teachers

1-23     Association Task Force; and

 2-1           WHEREAS, Active and enthusiastic, she served previously on

 2-2     the board of trustees of the American Association of Retired

 2-3     Persons investment program, was a trustee of the association's

 2-4     Group Health Insurance Trust, and was on the board of councillors

 2-5     of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of

 2-6     Southern California; and

 2-7           WHEREAS, A woman who continues to contribute her time and

 2-8     talents, she also has been National Secretary, a member of the

 2-9     Board Audit Committee and the Chapter Advisory Committee, and a

2-10     minority affairs spokesperson; and

2-11           WHEREAS, Before her retirement, Dr. Dixon was a principal

2-12     and director of several special programs for the New York City

2-13     Board of Education, and she was supervising principal for the

2-14     Teacher Education of Brooklyn College; and

2-15           WHEREAS, Some of her postretirement activities included

2-16     being associate professor and director of teacher education at

2-17     Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, and she was

2-18     consultant to South Carolina's Department of Education; and

2-19           WHEREAS, The recipient of countless honors, Dr. Dixon

2-20     received a Ford Foundation Fellowship for graduate study in

2-21     educational leadership, a graduate fellowship for study in

2-22     education of people with disabilities, and the Delta Sigma Theta

2-23     Living Legacy Award for Outstanding Community Service; certainly

2-24     an active participant such as Dr. Dixon is worthy of legislative

2-25     recognition; now, therefore, be it

 3-1           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

 3-2     75th Legislature, hereby congratulate Margaret A. Dixon on her

 3-3     presidency of the American Association of Retired Persons, and

 3-4     wish her continued success in the future; and, be it further

 3-5           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for

 3-6     her as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate.

 3-7                                                                   Ellis

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 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 April 16, 1997.

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3-14                                          Secretary of the Senate

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3-16                                           Member, Texas Senate