1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 742 1-3 WHEREAS, On April 30, 1999, Priscilla Jarvis is retiring 1-4 after more than 25 years of superb service with the State of Texas 1-5 and the Texas Senate takes pride in recognizing her; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Born the daughter of a geologist with Sun Oil 1-7 Company in Amarillo, Priscilla earned her bachelor of business 1-8 administration degree from Texas Tech University in 1963 and her 1-9 master of business administration from Southern Methodist University 1-10 in 1970; and 1-11 WHEREAS, She was employed by Ling-Temco-Vaught of Dallas in 1-12 1967, and the company sent her to a computer programming course, 1-13 where she learned COBOL, Assembly Language, RPG, and all the 1-14 needed skills used by a programmer of that day; she returned to 1-15 Ling-Temco-Vaught to write engineering programs for them; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Moving to Austin in 1974, she acquired a 1-17 position with the Texas Board of Control in the Interagency 1-18 Services Division, where she wrote the complete system 1-19 automating the licensing functions of the Texas Pharmacy 1-20 Board, and later became the Director of Data Processing and 1-21 the Director of Administration of the Pharmacy Board; and 1-22 WHEREAS, Becoming a programmer analyst with the Texas 1-23 Department of Agriculture in 1984, Mrs. Jarvis was promoted to 1-24 Director of Data Processing in 1985 and served until 1991; and 2-1 WHEREAS, A longtime member of the Texas State Agency 2-2 Business Administrators' Association, she became president of 2-3 the association in 1985; she was the first woman in history to 2-4 hold that post; and 2-5 WHEREAS, At the Texas Water Commission in 1992, she 2-6 became a programmer analyst, and soon became a systems analyst 2-7 and strategic planner in the Information Resources Division of 2-8 the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, where she 2-9 became an honored associate because of her unfailing good humor, 2-10 experience, intelligence, and excellent judgment; she will be 2-11 greatly missed by all her colleagues; and 2-12 WHEREAS, Married to Jeremiah Jarvis, a psychologist 2-13 in private practice in Bastrop County and Austin, Priscilla 2-14 and her husband have several acres near Elgin, Texas; they keep 2-15 dogs and cats and raise a big vegetable garden there, and they 2-16 enjoy having gourmet dinners with their friends and neighbors; and 2-17 WHEREAS, They travel around the world, and they like 2-18 attending chamber music concerts in Austin; Priscilla has enjoyed 2-19 being a driver for Meals on Wheels for many years and looks forward 2-20 to continue serving her fellowman during her retirement; now, 2-21 therefore, be it 2-22 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-23 76th Legislature, hereby commend Priscilla Jarvis for her many 2-24 years of dedicated service to the State of Texas; and, be it 2-25 further 2-26 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared 3-1 for Mrs. Jarvis as an expression of the highest regard of the 3-2 Texas Senate. 3-3 Barrientos 3-4 ______________________________________ 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 April 26, 1999. 3-9 ______________________________________ 3-10 Secretary of the Senate 3-11 ______________________________________ 3-12 Member, Texas Senate