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