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H.R. No. 104
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Steve Robinson, executive director of the Texas
Youth Commission, has devoted most of his adult life to helping the
delinquent youth of Texas become productive citizens, and his
retirement from the commission on September 30, 2003, brings to a
close an exceptional career with that agency; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Robinson's experience with the youth commission
includes work as a hearings examiner, internal auditor, halfway
house administrator, and institution superintendent; he served as
chief of the Travis County probation department for seven years
before taking the helm of the commission in 1993; and
WHEREAS, Under his able leadership, the youth commission has
instituted several innovative programs, including a specialized
treatment program for parolees, a nationally recognized
rehabilitation program that is now used by other states, and a
residential program for juvenile female offenders and their babies;
and
WHEREAS, Mr. Robinson has always been generous in sharing his
juvenile corrections experience with those who are new to the
profession, and he has made his top-notch staff available to other
states and groups that are seeking information about the
commission's best practices; and
WHEREAS, Actively involved in a number of professional
organizations, he has supported the work of the American
Correctional Association, the Council of Juvenile Corrections
Administrators, and the Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
of Travis County, and he has served as president of the Texas
Probation Association; in addition, he serves on the Texas
Incentive and Productivity Commission and has chaired the State
Employee Charitable Campaign State Policy Committee; and
WHEREAS, In 2000, then Governor George W. Bush nominated Mr.
Robinson to the Council of State Governments' Henry Toll Fellowship
Program, the nation's premier leadership-development program for
state officials, and he was subsequently elected president of his
fellowship class; and
WHEREAS, This outstanding public servant is a graduate of Sam
Houston State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in
criminology and corrections in 1973, and Southwest Texas State
University, where he earned a master's degree in public
administration in 1982; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Robinson is a member of Covenant Presbyterian
Church, together with his wife Karen, and serves its congregation
as a deacon; his roots in Central Texas run deep, for he is a
fourth-generation Travis County resident, an Austinite who grew up
on a ranch where the Arboretum now stands; and
WHEREAS, Steve Robinson has given unstintingly of his talents
and efforts in behalf of the people of Texas, and his unfailing
integrity, helpfulness, and commitment to the mission of his agency
have won him widespread esteem and appreciation; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby honor Steve Robinson on the
occasion of his retirement as executive director of the Texas Youth
Commission and extend to him sincere best wishes as he prepares to
spend time as just a cowboy for a while; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Robinson as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Haggerty
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 104 was adopted by the House on
September 22, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House