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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 470
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pleasure in
 1-4     recognizing Eckhard Pfeiffer, President and Chief Executive Officer
 1-5     of Compaq Computer Corporation, who was recently selected by the
 1-6     University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
 1-7     Alumni Association to receive the Quest for Excellence Award on
 1-8     April 9, 1999; and
 1-9           WHEREAS, Mr. Pfeiffer is being honored for his leadership
1-10     role in the advancement of information technology to serve and
1-11     to benefit society, his commitment to higher education, and his
1-12     outstanding service to Houston, the State of Texas, and the nation;
1-13     and
1-14           WHEREAS, The Quest for Excellence Award commends an individual
1-15     in the sciences for his contribution to the advancement of society
1-16     and the quality of life through science and education; and
1-17           WHEREAS, Born in Germany, Eckhard Pfeiffer was with Texas
1-18     Instruments for 20 years; through the years, he rose to higher
1-19     positions of responsibility to become director of European
1-20     operations for the company and then Vice President of Corporate
1-21     Marketing; and
1-22           WHEREAS, A believer in taking risks, he took a big one in
1-23     1983; he left Texas Instruments to join a new company, Compaq,
1-24     with one product and an enormous vision of the future of computing;
 2-1     in 1991, he was named the Chief Executive Officer of Compaq; he
 2-2     envisioned the company becoming the world personal computer leader
 2-3     by 1996 and accomplished that goal by 1994; and
 2-4           WHEREAS, Accorded accolades by Fortune magazine
 2-5     for making a corporate comeback, Mr. Pfeiffer was named CEO
 2-6     of the Year by CNBC; his next goal was to make his company one
 2-7     of the top three computer companies in the world, and he has
 2-8     accomplished that; and
 2-9           WHEREAS, Mr. Pfeiffer credits his company's success to
2-10     a dedication to excellence and believes that every part of an
2-11     organization must be devoted to that goal; and
2-12           WHEREAS, Active in civic endeavors, Mr. Pfeiffer is on the
2-13     boards of the Greater Houston Partnership, the Houston Symphony,
2-14     and the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; in addition, Eckhard Pfeiffer
2-15     is a member of the Computer Systems Project, an affiliation of
2-16     the chief executive officers of the top United States computer
2-17     companies; and
2-18           WHEREAS, The proceeds from the gala being held on
2-19     April 9, 1999, will endow a Chair in Eckhard Pfeiffer's name
2-20     and will fund faculty development grants and scholarships at the
2-21     University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics;
2-22     now, therefore, be it
2-23           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
2-24     76th Legislature, hereby congratulate Eckhard Pfeiffer on being
2-25     the recipient of the University of Houston's Quest for Excellence
2-26     Award; and, be it further
 3-1           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him
 3-2     as an expression of the high regard and esteem of the Texas Senate.
 3-3                                                                   Ellis
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 3-5                                          President of the Senate
 3-6                                       I hereby certify that the above
 3-7                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
 3-8                                  on March 24, 1999.
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3-10                                          Secretary of the Senate
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3-12                                           Member, Texas Senate