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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 62
	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 
recognize Sheila W. Beckett, who is retiring as executive director 
of the Employees Retirement System of Texas in June of 2004 after 
30 years of loyal service to the state; and
	WHEREAS, Sheila has served as executive director of the 
Employees Retirement System since 1996; her responsibilities have 
included oversight of a $20 billion trust fund and leadership over 
programs that provide retirement, health insurance, and other 
benefits for more than 200,000 state employees and retirees; and
	WHEREAS, She began her career in state government in the 1970s
as an assistant to a special committee formed to study public employee
benefits; she later worked in the Texas House of Representatives, 
served as a budget examiner for the Legislative Budget Board, 
managed the Spending Analysis Section of the Office of the 
Comptroller of Public Accounts, and was a special assistant to the 
director of the Texas Legislative Council; and
	WHEREAS, Sheila earned a bachelor's degree in political 
science from Texas A&M University and holds a master's degree 
from The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School 
of Public Affairs; and
	WHEREAS, During her tenure as executive director of the 
Employees Retirement System of Texas, she has won widespread 
acclaim for her outstanding work, and the benefits programs she has 
overseen are held up as national models; in 2003, she received the 
prestigious National Public Service Award from the American 
Society for Public Administration and the National Academy of 
Public Administration; and

	WHEREAS, A highly respected public administrator,
Sheila Beckett has been an inspiration to those who have had the 
pleasure to know and work with her, and her presence at the 
Employees Retirement System of Texas will be greatly missed; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
78th Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby commend Sheila W. Beckett
for her many years of invaluable service to the state and extend 
to her best wishes for her future endeavors; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 
her as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
                                                             Armbrister, Duncan,
                                                               Barrientos       




 
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                      Member, Texas Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate               Member, Texas Senate




                                          ______________________________ 
   President of the Senate
 
     I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 3, 2004.



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   Secretary of the Senate