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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, An educator, a researcher, and an advocate for |
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issues affecting women and African Americans, Gloria Dean Randle |
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Scott has long contributed to the betterment of her state and |
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nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston, Gloria Dean Randle graduated from |
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Jack Yates High School as salutatorian of her class; she received |
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the E. E. Worthing Scholarship, which enabled her to attend Indiana |
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University, where she earned a bachelor's degree and a master's |
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degree in zoology and a Ph.D. in higher education in 1965; and |
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WHEREAS, Joined in matrimony with Will Braxton Scott in 1959, |
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she began her career as a research associate at Indiana University |
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Psychiatric Research Institute, then continued as an instructor in |
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biology at Marian College, becoming the first African American |
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teacher at a four-year college in Indianapolis; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her 40-year career, Dr. Scott has |
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dedicated herself to the education of African American youth at |
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historically black colleges, and she has taught at Knoxville |
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College, North Carolina A&T State University, Texas Southern |
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University, and Grambling State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Scott has further distinguished herself as an |
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academic administrator, serving as dean of students at Knoxville |
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College, as executive vice president at Clark College, and as |
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president and CEO of Bennett College for Women; and |
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WHEREAS, A talented researcher as well, Dr. Scott has |
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conducted groundbreaking studies on women in academia; from 2002 to |
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2005, she was a visiting research professor at Jarvis Christian |
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College, where her study, African American Women in Academia, |
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1901-2001, was funded by a Ford Foundation grant; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Scott has always contributed generously of her |
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time to numerous nonprofit organizations; she has served as a board |
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member for Common Cause and for the National Urban League, which she |
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also served as Education Committee chair; a board member of the Girl |
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Scouts of the USA for more than 30 years, she was the first woman of |
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color to serve the national organization as first vice president |
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and as president; and |
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WHEREAS, Her devotion to her profession, to her students, and |
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to the public welfare has led to her appointment to a number of |
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national commissions by Presidents Ford, Carter, and Bush, as well |
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as to her receipt of the Outstanding Woman in America award from the |
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Ladies Home Journal and the highest honor given by the Girl Scouts; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her remarkable career, Dr. Gloria Randle |
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Scott has been a leader in the field of education, a powerful voice |
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for the empowerment of women and minorities, and an inspiration to |
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all who know her; 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 Gloria Dean Randle Scott on her |
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many contributions and accomplishments and extend to her best |
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wishes for her continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Scott as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |