SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 83

	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 
youth 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 
78th 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 Senate.
                                                                          Harris




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on October 2, 2003.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate