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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mickey C. Havens is beginning a new chapter of his |
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life with his retirement on May 1, 2007, from his position as vice |
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president for administrative services at Sul Ross State University |
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in Alpine; and |
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WHEREAS, On graduating from high school in his hometown of |
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Belton, Mr. Havens answered his nation's call to duty, serving in |
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the United States Air Force in Japan, Vietnam, and England from 1967 |
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to 1971; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Havens earned a bachelor's degree in business |
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administration from The University of Texas at Austin in 1974; |
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while still a student he worked for the Texas Educational Media |
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Program; he then worked as an assistant auditor for the State |
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Auditor's Office from 1974 until 1980; and |
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WHEREAS, He served for a time as director of finance with the |
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Texas State University System and then moved to Sul Ross University |
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in 1984 as vice president for business affairs; he received a |
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master's degree in business administration from Sul Ross in 1990 |
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and became vice president for administrative services in 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, In that position, Mr. Havens has overseen nearly $92 |
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million in construction projects at Sul Ross during one of the |
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school's greatest periods of expansion; he has been instrumental in |
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supervising the construction of the new University Center, the Pete |
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P. Gallego Multi-Purpose Center, and the new residential complex, |
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as well as the renovation of the Graves-Pierce Recreational Sports |
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Center, Warnock Science Building, Wildenthal Library, Centennial |
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School, Turner Range Animal Science Center, Ferguson Hall Academic |
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Center for Excellence, and Museum of the Big Bend; and |
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WHEREAS, He has also been an important participant in the |
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preparation of endowment agreements, helping to increase the |
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university's endowments from 28 endowments totaling about $870,000 |
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to 214 endowments for more than $11 million; and |
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WHEREAS, Mickey C. Havens has been a key player in the |
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exciting expansion of Sul Ross State University, providing a steady |
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hand in the oversight of new construction and much-needed |
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continuity in the management of the university's physical |
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infrastructure, and he is most deserving of special recognition; |
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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 Mickey C. Havens on his retirement |
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from Sul Ross State University and extend to him best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. |
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Havens as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of |
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Representatives. |