SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 98
	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 
recognize Nancy B. Rapoport for her dedicated service as dean of 
the University of Houston Law Center; and
	WHEREAS, An exemplary professional, Dean Rapoport served 
the University of Houston Law Center with unswerving dedication 
and integrity; she is widely respected for her knowledge of law, 
especially in the areas of bankruptcy ethics and law in popular 
culture; and
	WHEREAS, She earned a bachelor's degree at Rice University 
and was awarded a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School; and
	WHEREAS, She clerked for the Honorable Joseph T. Sneed of 
the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and 
practiced law at Morrison and Foerster in San Francisco before 
pursuing an academic career in law; and
	WHEREAS, Initially an assistant professor at The Ohio 
State University College of Law, she was promoted to associate 
professor before being named a professor and the associate dean 
of student affairs in 1998; and
	WHEREAS, She served as dean and professor of law of the 
University of Nebraska College of Law from 1998 to 2000 before 
accepting the position of dean at the University of Houston Law 
Center; she was admitted to the state bars of California,
Ohio, Nebraska, and Texas and to the bar of the United States 
Supreme Court; and

	WHEREAS, Among her published works is Enron:  Corporate 
Fiascoes and Their Implications, which was coedited with 
Professor Bala G. Dharan of Rice University; and
	WHEREAS, Dean Rapoport was elected to the membership of
the American Law Institute in 2001 and received a Distinguished 
Alumni Award from Rice University in 2002; she is a fellow
of the American Bar Foundation and of the American College of 
Bankruptcy; she truly deserves legislative recognition for her 
outstanding accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Nancy B. Rapoport
for her invaluable service as dean of the University of Houston 
Law Center and extend to her best wishes in all her future 
endeavors; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 
her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
                                                                           Ellis




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 1, 2006.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate