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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lee Jackson is retiring as chancellor of the |
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University of North Texas System at the end of 2017, drawing to a |
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close a decade and a half of exemplary service to that institution; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Austin, Mr. Jackson grew up in Dallas and |
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earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Duke |
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University and a master's in public administration from Southern |
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Methodist University; and |
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WHEREAS, Before his appointment as UNT chancellor, |
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Mr. Jackson enjoyed a distinguished 30-year career in state and |
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local government, starting as an assistant to the Dallas city |
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manager; he served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1977 |
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to 1987, earning mention on Texas Monthly's "Ten Best Legislators" |
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list in 1983, and he went on to win election four times as Dallas |
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County judge; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson joined the UNT System in 2002, at the |
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beginning of a period of unprecedented growth; under his dynamic |
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leadership, the system has added a third campus, increased |
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enrollment and the number of degrees granted annually, and created |
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new professional programs in engineering, law, pharmacy, and |
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medicine; he has also overseen the expansion of the UNT Health |
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Science Center in Fort Worth and celebrated the designation of UNT |
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by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as one of the |
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state's emerging research universities and by the Carnegie |
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Endowment as a Tier One research university; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson has served his professional community as |
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a board member of the National Association of System Heads and as |
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chair of the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities and the |
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Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors; in |
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addition, he has served his local community on the boards of the |
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Dallas Citizens Council and the Dallas Regional Chamber; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Jackson has enjoyed the |
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love and support of his wife, Margaret, as well as that of his four |
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children and three grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Lee Jackson's adept and forward-looking leadership |
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has helped guide the UNT System through a transformative period in |
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its history, and his many valuable contributions will continue to |
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resonate in the years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Lee Jackson on his retirement as |
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chancellor of the University of North Texas System and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Jackson as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Koop |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1055 was adopted by the House on March |
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30, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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