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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Cody C. Campbell was elected chair of the Texas Tech |
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University System Board of Regents on April 14, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Campbell was appointed to the board of regents |
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by Governor Greg Abbott in April 2021, and over the course of his |
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tenure, he has also served as vice chair of its Finance & |
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Investments Committee, as well as of the Carr Foundation Board of |
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Trustees; and |
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WHEREAS, Bringing to his position a wealth of knowledge and |
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experience, Mr. Campbell previously served on the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Tech University Rawls |
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College of Business Advisory Council; moreover, he cofounded and is |
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a board member of the Matador Club, and he further gives generously |
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of his time and talents to the boards of a number of other worthy |
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organizations, including the Texas Public Policy Foundation and All |
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Saints' Episcopal School of Fort Worth; and |
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WHEREAS, A fourth-generation Red Raider, Mr. Campbell holds |
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bachelor's degrees in finance and economics and a master's degree in |
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finance from Texas Tech, where he was a four-year letterman on the |
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offensive line for the football team from 2001 to 2004, and he went |
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on to spend two seasons in the National Football League with the |
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Indianapolis Colts; currently, he is co-chief executive officer of |
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Double Eagle Energy Holdings, a Fort Worth-based upstream |
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exploration and production company that he helped to establish, and |
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he also is the president and a board member of Double Eagle |
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Charities; and |
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WHEREAS, In taking on this new challenge, Cody Campbell has |
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demonstrated a profound commitment to advancing the important goals |
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of one of the largest systems of higher education in the Lone Star |
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State; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby congratulate Cody C. Campbell on his election as chair of the |
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Texas Tech University System Board of Regents and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Campbell as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |