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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Wendell Nedderman has been an active member of |
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Kiwanis International for more than a half-century, and his |
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committed service to his fellow Texans embodies the Kiwanis ideals |
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of serving the local community and contributing time to support |
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children and young adults; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Nedderman's involvement in Kiwanis dates back to |
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1955, when he began attending the meetings of the College Station |
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chapter; following his relocation to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in |
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1959, he joined the Kiwanis Club of Arlington; an active |
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participant in the club's meetings and service projects ever since, |
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he has expressed his wholehearted support of the organization's |
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programs, believing that they greatly influence young people's |
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lives for the better; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Nedderman's interest in assisting Texas youth |
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has also been reflected in his professional life; following his |
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service as a naval officer in World War II, he began a distinguished |
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academic career; hired as an instructor at Texas A&M University in |
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January 1947, he began a 12-year association with the university, |
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during which time he earned both his master's degree from A&M and |
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his doctoral degree in civil engineering from Iowa State |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, Moving to Arlington State College in 1959, Dr. |
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Nedderman became the founding dean of the newly established School |
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of Engineering; in 1969, he was named vice president for academic |
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affairs, and three years later he was chosen as president of the |
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university; he led the school, which had in the meantime become The |
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University of Texas at Arlington, for 20 years, stepping down in |
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1992 but continuing to teach in the School of Engineering until his |
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retirement in 2005; a revered figure at the university, he has been |
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given the title of president emeritus, and a street as well as the |
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engineering building on the campus are named in his honor; |
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moreover, his accomplishments have elicited prestigious honors, |
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including the Mirabeau Lamar Award from the Association of Texas |
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Colleges and Universities; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Nedderman has also devoted his talents to a |
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variety of other groups and institutions in North Texas; a member of |
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the board of directors at Arlington Memorial Hospital and a trustee |
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for Texas Health Resources, he has assisted organizations such as |
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the North Texas Commission, the Longhorn Council of Boy Scouts, the |
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Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, and the United Way; his community |
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service, combined with his academic accomplishments and his many |
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decades of activity with Kiwanis International, has defined Wendell |
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Nedderman as a civic leader of the first order, and his dedication |
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to assisting his fellow citizens has been an immense benefit to the |
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State of Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Wendell Nedderman for more than |
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50 years of membership in Kiwanis International and honor him for |
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his other significant and influential work in the Lone Star State; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Nedderman as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Zedler |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 243 was adopted by the House on |
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February 22, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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