SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Monday, February 17, 1997

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ALL NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE


Texas State Board of Education

Jack R. Christie, chair     Reappointed 01-02-97 for a    Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 01-01-99

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Leonard Rauch, chair        Reappointed 10-17-95 for a    Ellis
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-01

William C. Atkinson         Appointed 10-17-95 for a      Ogden
Brazos County               term to expire 08-31-01

Martin Basaldua, M.D.       Appointed 12-09-96 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-97

Dolores Carruth             Appointed 10-17-95 for a      Nelson
Dallas County               term to expire 08-31-01

Robert I. Fernandez         Appointed 01-12-96 for a      Nelson
Tarrant County              term to expire 08-31-01

Jodie L. Jiles              Appointed 10-23-95 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-01

Steve Late                  Appointed 10-17-95 for a      Duncan
Ector County                term to expire 08-31-01

Robert W. Shepard           Appointed 12-09-96 for a      Lucio
Cameron County              term to expire 08-31-97

Pamela P. Willeford         Appointed 11-28-95 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 08-31-97

Texas A&M Board of Regents

Anne L. Armstrong           Appointed 02-03-97 for a      Truan
Kenedy County               term to expire 02-01-03

Dionel E. Aviles            Appointed 02-03-97 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-03

Erle A. Nye                 Appointed 02-03-97 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-03



University of North Texas Board of Regents

Joe Kirven                  Reappointed 06-22-95 for a    Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 05-22-01

Burle Pettit                Appointed 06-22-95 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 05-22-01

Bobby Ray                   Appointed 06-22-95 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 05-22-01

State Board for Educator Certification

Virginia S. Collier         Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Ogden
Washington County           term to expire 02-01-99

Peggy O. DeRouen            Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Truan
Kleberg County              term to expire 02-01-99

James D. Harris             Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-97
                            Reappointed 02-03-97 for a
                            term to expire 02-01-03

Andrew Jackson              Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Ellis
Fort Bend County            term to expire 02-01-99

Arthur Lacy                 Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 02-01-97
                            Reappointed 02-03-97 for a
                            term to expire 02-01-03

Mary D. Meier               Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-01

James E. Nelson             Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Bivins
Ector County                term to expire 02-01-01

Arturo Pacheco              Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-99

Edward N. Patton, Jr.       Appointed 05-22-96 for a      Haywood
Taylor County               term to expire 02-01-01

Cynthia T. Phillips         Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-01

James B. Price              Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Ratliff
Delta County                term to expire 02-01-97
                            Reappointed 02-03-97 for a
                            term to expire 02-01-03

Mary M. Rucker              Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-97
                            Reappointed 02-03-97 for a
                            term to expire 02-01-03

Keith Sockwell              Appointed 01-18-96 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 02-01-97
                            Reappointed 02-03-97 for a
                            term to expire 02-01-03

College Opportunity Act

Joe Munoz                   Appointed 12-08-95 for a      Duncan
Tom Green County            term to expire 02-01-01

Midwestern State University Board of Regents
CONSIDERATION POSTPONED ON ALL MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS
Mac Cannedy, Jr.            Appointed 05-26-96 for a      Haywood
Wichita County              term to expire 02-25-00

Barbara J. Dorman           Appointed 05-17-96 for a      Duncan
Hale County                 term to expire 02-25-02

Elizabeth A. Gifford        Appointed 05-17-96 for a      Bivins
Randall County              term to expire 02-25-02

Arnold W. Oliver            Appointed 05-17-96 for a      Haywood
Wichita County              term to expire 02-25-02

Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board

Michael D. Gollob           Reappointed 02-11-97 for a    Ratliff
Smith County                term to expire 02-01-03

Beth M. Weakley             Appointed 10-06-95 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-99

Prepaid Tuition Scholarship Foundation Board

George H. McShan            Appointed 10-03-96 for a      Lucio
Cameron County              term to expire

Stephen F. Austin University Board of Regents

Penny H. Butler             Appointed 02-03-97 for a      Gallegos
Harris County               term to expire 01-31-03

Michael W. Enoch            Appointed 02-03-97 for a      Galloway
Chambers County             term to expire 01-31-03

Susan S. Roberds            Appointed 02-03-97 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 01-31-03

Texas State Technical College Board of Regents

"Connie" de la Garza        Appointed 10-23-95 for a      Lucio
Cameron County              term to expire 08-31-01

Jere M. Lawrence            Appointed 10-23-95 for a      Fraser
Nolan County                term to expire 08-31-97

Jerilyn K. Pfeifer          Appointed 10-23-95 for a      Fraser
Taylor County               term to expire 08-31-01

Thomas L. Whaley, Sr.       Appointed 10-23-95 for a      Ratliff
Harrison County             term to expire 08-31-01


Rio Grande Compact Commissioner

Jack Hammond                Appointed 10-11-95 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 06-09-01

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