78R16758 MDM-D By: Wong H.R. No. 1424R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, Wilhelmina "Beth" Robertson, former chair of the University of Houston System (UHS) Board of Regents, has been honored with a President's Award from the Houston Alumni Organization; and WHEREAS, The President's Award is given each year to non-alumni who generously dedicate their time, talent, and resources to the good of the university, and Ms. Robertson, who has proudly continued a family history of UH support begun nearly 70 years ago by her grandparents, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen, is indeed a most deserving recipient; and WHEREAS, Appointed to the UHS board in 1991 by Governor Ann Richards, Ms. Robertson played an instrumental role in the successful completion of a $350 million capital campaign; moreover, as chair of the board from 1993 to 1996, she led the effort to combine the positions of system chancellor and president of the main campus, a reorganization that reduced bureaucracy and decentralized local decision-making; and WHEREAS, This highly regarded individual further contributes to the betterment of her community through her work with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the Houston Zoological Society, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; she is president of Cockspur, Inc., an independent oil and gas production firm; and WHEREAS, Beth Robertson's outstanding leadership and untiring devotion to the University of Houston and her community have truly enhanced the lives of her fellow citizens, and she has long inspired all who have been privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Wilhelmina "Beth" Robertson on her receipt of a President's Award from the Houston Alumni Organization and extend to her warmest best wishes for success and happiness in her future endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Robertson as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.