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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 234
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in |
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recognizing William Powers, Jr., president of The University of |
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Texas at Austin, who has recently been honored in diverse areas |
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of endeavor including winning an award for legal scholarship and |
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being elected vice chair of an association of preeminent research |
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universities; and |
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WHEREAS, Bill Powers is a 2012 corecipient of the |
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prestigious John G. Fleming Memorial Prize for Torts |
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Scholarship; widely recognized as a leading American legal |
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scholar, he was awarded the prize for his definitive |
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interpretations of juridical concepts and for coauthoring a |
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treatise on the general principles of tort law; his extensive |
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writing on personal injury and emotional damages is considered |
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one of the major achievements of modern jurisprudence; and |
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WHEREAS, President Powers is highly respected for his |
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leadership on issues related to higher education, and he was |
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recently elected vice chair of the Association of American |
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Universities; the association's programs encourage improved |
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funding for research to enable leading universities to continue |
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functioning as centers of innovation and scientific advancement; |
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with his successful record as an advocate for undergraduate and |
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graduate education, he enriches the association, bringing his |
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expertise and keen intellect to bear on the critical task of |
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maintaining financial resources for programs of advanced |
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learning; and |
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WHEREAS, President Powers has also been appointed as a |
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member of a group of senior advisors to guide a new initiative of |
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the American Academy of Arts and Sciences entitled the Lincoln |
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Project: Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education; this |
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initiative seeks to advocate for the importance of public |
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colleges and universities; as key engines of economic growth, |
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innovation, and upward mobility, these schools are facing |
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fundamental challenges from cutbacks in government support, |
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competition from for-profit education providers and foreign |
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universities, and emerging technological changes; and |
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WHEREAS, Since 2010, President Powers has also worked to |
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develop the Texas Higher Education Leadership Consortium with |
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other key leaders from two-year and four-year Texas public higher |
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education institutions and system offices, state policymakers |
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and senior staff, and leading national experts in higher |
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education policy, with the core purpose of cultivating effective |
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collaborations and a sense of shared responsibility for |
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increased higher education excellence, opportunity, and |
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productivity in Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, President Powers graduated magna cum laude from |
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Harvard Law School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard |
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Law Review; he joined the faculty at The University of Texas |
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School of Law in 1977 and taught with distinction before being |
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appointed as dean in 2000; he has been named to the university's |
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Academy of Distinguished Teachers, is a University Distinguished |
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Teaching Professor, and holds the Hines H. Baker and Thelma |
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Kelley Baker Chair in Law; on February 1, 2006, he took office as |
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president of The University of Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, President Powers is a Life Fellow of the American |
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Bar Foundation and the author of dozens of books and articles on |
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legal philosophy and the nuances of tort law; and |
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WHEREAS, His dedication to a clear understanding of legal |
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principles and the means by which they are translated into law |
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has made Bill Powers a well-known and admired figure in the world |
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of jurisprudence, and his commitment to the betterment of higher |
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education through student diversity, increased funding, and |
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curriculum innovation establishes him as a pacesetter in the |
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realm of public university leaders; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate William Powers, Jr., of The |
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University of Texas at Austin on his many recent accomplishments |
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and honors and extend to him sincere appreciation for his |
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outstanding leadership; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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President Powers as an expression of esteem from the Texas |
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Senate. |
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Hinojosa |
Seliger |
Williams |
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Campbell |
Fraser |
Rodriguez |
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Carona |
Hancock |
Schwertner |
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Duncan |
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Van de Putte |
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Dewhurst, President of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 18, 2013. |
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Secretary of the Senate |