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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 545
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WHEREAS, James D. Spaniolo is retiring as president of The |
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University of Texas at Arlington after nearly a decade of |
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exemplary service; and |
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WHEREAS, Jim Spaniolo became the seventh president of The |
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University of Texas at Arlington in 2004, and under his skillful |
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leadership, the university has experienced considerable growth |
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in enrollment and has created more than 100 new faculty |
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positions; the school has also benefited from a three-fold |
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increase in its research expenditures, which now total more than |
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$70 million, and private donations to the school have quadrupled; |
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moreover, Mr. Spaniolo has overseen construction and renovation |
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projects for over a dozen buildings, with new facilities that |
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include an expansive engineering and science research complex |
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and a 7,000-seat special events center; and |
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WHEREAS, This noteworthy administrator holds a bachelor's |
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degree in political science from Michigan State University and |
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both a master's degree in public administration and a juris |
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doctorate from the University of Michigan; he began his career in |
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law and served as associate general counsel for the American |
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Newspaper Publishers Association, in addition to founding its |
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legal department; in 1977, Mr. Spaniolo joined Knight-Ridder, |
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Inc., as an attorney and newspaper executive, and after more than |
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a decade in that position, he became the vice president and chief |
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program officer of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, |
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the largest media-related private foundation in the country; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1996, Mr. Spaniolo was appointed dean of the |
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College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State |
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University; during his eight-year tenure there, he oversaw five |
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departments, more than 100 faculty and staff, nearly 4,000 |
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students, and an annual budget exceeding $10 million; along the |
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way, he helped to establish the college's Quello Center for |
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Telecommunication Management and Law and served as a professor in |
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the School of Journalism; and |
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WHEREAS, A respected member of the North Texas community |
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for the past nine years, Mr. Spaniolo serves on the executive |
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committee of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce and is a board |
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member for numerous other area organizations, including the |
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North Texas Commission, the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation, and |
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North Texas Leaders and Executives Advocating Diversity; and |
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WHEREAS, The University of Texas at Arlington has |
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benefited immeasurably from the vision, dedication, and |
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expertise of President James Spaniolo, and his contributions |
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will continue to resonate in the years to come; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate James D. Spaniolo on his |
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retirement as president of The University of Texas at Arlington |
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and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Spaniolo as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas 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 March 26, 2013. |
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Secretary of the Senate |