SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Monday, April 14, 1997

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ALL NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLE

Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation Board of Directors

Ruben E. Esquivel             Appointed 03-03-97 for a      West
Dallas County                 term to expire 01-31-03

Alfred Jackson                Appointed 04-10-97 for a      Ellis
Harris County                 term to expire 01-31-03

Jorja L. Kimball              Appointed 04-10-97 for a      Truan
Kleberg County                term to expire 01-31-99

Jane Phipps                   Appointed 08-30-95 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 01-31-99

W. Bruce Robinson             Appointed 03-03-97 for a      Ogden
Navarro County                term to expire 01-31-03

Texas Board of Health

Kent M. Adams                 Appointed 02-25-97 for a      Galloway
Jefferson County              term to expire 02-01-03

Mario R. Anzaldua, M.D.       Appointed 02-25-97 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County                term to expire 02-01-03

Walter D. Wilkerson, Jr., M.D.Appointed 06-07-95 for a      Nixon
Montgomery County             term to expire 02-01-01

Texas Workers' Compensation Commission

Jack E. Abla                  Appointed 06-30-95 for a      Ratliff
Smith County                  term to expire 02-01-01

Rebecca F. Olivares           Appointed 02-11-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 02-01-03

Richard F. Reynolds           Appointed 06-07-95 for a      Barrientos
Travis County                 term to expire 02-01-01

Joel B. Terrill               Appointed 02-11-97 for a      Wentworth
Tom Green County              term to expire 02-01-03

TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING WHO WILL NOT APPEAR:

State Board of Dental Examiners

Cornelius O. Henry, D.D.S.    Reappointed 03-13-97 for a    Cain
Smith County                  term to expire 02-01-03

James W. Kennedy, D.D.S.      Reappointed 03-13-97 for a    Brown
Sugar Land County             term to expire 02-01-03

H. Grant Lappin               Reappointed 03-13-97 for a    Gallegos
Harris County                 term to expire 02-01-03

Michael D. Plunk, DDS, MSD    Appointed 03-13-97 for a      Carona
Dallas County                 term to expire 02-01-03

Marcia W. Waugh               Reappointed 03-13-97 for a    Shapleigh
El Paso County                term to expire 02-01-03

Gail Wilks                    Reappointed 03-13-97 for a    Ratliff
Gregg County                  term to expire 02-01-03

State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee

John A. Anderson              Appointed 02-21-96 for a      Ratliff
Smith County                  term to expire 01-01-98

Maria L. Banda                Appointed 02-21-96 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County                term to expire 01-01-98

Judy Burks                    Appointed 02-21-96 for a      Haywood
Wichita County                term to expire 01-01-98

General Services Commission

Dionicio V. Flores, P.E.      Appointed 03-06-97 for a      Gallegos
Harris County                 term to expire 01-31-01

Department of Information Resources Board of Directors

Walter A. Bradley, III        Appointed 07-21-95 for a      Nelson
Denton County                 term to expire 02-01-01

Harry H. Richardson           Reappointed 07-21-95 for a    Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 02-01-01

Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Ports of Galveston County

Harry W. Brown                Appointed 05-02-96 for a      Patterson
Galveston County              term to expire 02-01-00

Dorothy A. Henderson          Appointed 05-02-96 for a      Patterson
Galveston County              term to expire 02-01-99

Janis Lowe                    Appointed 05-02-96 for a      Patterson
Galveston County              term to expire 02-01-00

Edward S. Wilkinson, Sr.      Appointed 05-02-96 for a      Patterson
Galveston County              term to expire 02-01-99

Pilot Commission for the Sabine Bar, Pass, and Tributaries

George W. Gardner             Appointed 04-24-96 for a      Galloway
Jefferon County               term to expire 08-22-97

George O. Hudspeth            Appointed 04-24-96 for a      Galloway
Jefferson County              term to expire 08-22-97

Frederick L. Jackson          Appointed 04-24-96 for a      Nixon
Hardin County                 term to expire 08-22-97

Jean M. Sheridan              Appointed 04-24-96 for a      Galloway
Jefferson County              term to expire 08-22-97

Roy N. Steinhagen             Appointed 04-24-96 for a      Galloway
Jefferson County              term to expire 08-22-97

Texas Rehabilitation Commission

Alvis K. Waldrep, Jr.         Reappointed 10-11-95 for a    Shapiro
Collin County                 term to expire 08-31-01

Ray A. Wilkerson              Reappointed 10-11-95 for a    Barrientos
Travis County                 term to expire 08-31-01

State Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology

George E. Cire                Appointed 06-21-96 for a      Armbrister
Victoria County               term to expire 08-31-01

Elsa Cardenas-Hagan           Appointed 06-21-96 for a      Lucio
Cameron County                term to expire 08-31-01

Harvey Komet, M.D.            Appointed 06-21-96 for a      Luna
Bexar County                  term to expire 08-31-01

State Securities Board

Jose A. Trevino               Appointed 03-12-97 for a      Brown
Harris County                 term to expire 01-20-03

Governing Committee of the Workers' Compensation Insurance Facility

J.M. Lowery                   Appointed 06-14-95 for a      Brown
Brazoria County               term to expire 02-01-99

Emil E. Ogden                 Appointed 07-06-95 for a      Ogden
Brazos County                 term to expire 02-01-97

Gwen Shea                     Appointed 06-14-95 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County                 term to expire 02-01-01

Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund Board of Directors

Richard A. Cooper             Appointed 08-26-96 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County                term to expire 02-01-99

Brenda Pejovich               Appointed 03-06-97 for a      Carona
Dallas County                 term to expire 02-01-03

James D. Ross                 Appointed 03-06-97 for a      Bivins
Midland County                term to expire 02-01-03

George Wesch, Jr              Appointed 09-18-96 for a      Wentworth
Bandera County                term to expire 02-01-99

Charles H. Whiteside, Ph.D.   Appointed 02-01-96 for a      Ratliff
Gregg County                  term to expire 02-01-97
                              Reappointed 03-06-97 for a
                              term to expire 02-01-03

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