H.R. No. 658

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, John Sharp is retiring as chancellor of The Texas
	A&M University System in 2025, following the longest tenure at the
	helm in the institution's history; and
	WHEREAS, Named chancellor in 2011, Mr. Sharp has transformed
	the System, which has grown to include 11 universities and eight
	state agencies, and his efforts have earned him a place alongside
	such legendary Texas A&M leaders as Sul Ross and James Earl Rudder;
	he has raised the national profile of the flagship institution in
	College Station, which is now the nation's largest university with
	more than 79,000 students; in 2013, the System acquired Texas
	Wesleyan University's law school, which became the Texas A&M
	University School of Law and climbed more than 100 places in just a
	decade to rank 26th among the law programs in the country;
	Chancellor Sharp oversaw nearly $12 billion in construction and the
	conversion of the Riverside Campus into Texas A&M-RELLIS, a
	2,400-acre high-tech hub for defense research and testing;
	moreover, he energized Aggie football with a nearly
	half-billion-dollar expansion of Kyle Field and a move to the
	Southeastern Conference; athletic facilities throughout the System
	have been enhanced; and
	WHEREAS, The System today has more than $1 billion in
	research expenditures, and Texas A&M University holds the No. 1
	spot in engineering research expenditures; five of the System's
	universities have been awarded Research 2 status by the Carnegie
	Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing them
	among an elite group of leading research institutions and
	highlighting their commitment to innovation; the System has also
	seen an exponential increase in the number of faculty members who
	are members of the National Academies; and
	WHEREAS, Addressing the state's increasing energy needs, the
	System has announced plans to provide a platform for companies to
	test the latest nuclear reactors for increased power supply;
	further, the System continues to be part of the team that manages
	the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico; in addition, it
	was chosen in 2024 by the U.S. Department of Energy's National
	Nuclear Security Administration as part of a group to manage and
	operate the Pantex Plant, which maintains the nation's nuclear
	weapons stockpile; and
	WHEREAS, Chancellor Sharp brought to his role more than three
	decades of experience in public office; he was elected to the Texas
	House in 1978 and four years later, he won a seat in the Texas
	Senate; subsequently, he was elected to the Texas Railroad
	Commission and was twice elected state comptroller, a position in
	which he created the Texas Performance Review, which identified and
	enacted a savings of $4 billion to the state, keeping Texans from
	having to pay a state income tax; a TAMU graduate and student body
	president, Mr. Sharp was a member of the Corps of Cadets staff and
	served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve; while
	employed by the Legislative Budget Board, he earned a master's
	degree in public administration from Texas State University; he was
	named a Distinguished Alumnus of TAMU in 2018; and
	WHEREAS, Admired for his vision, dynamism, and unyielding
	commitment to excellence, John Sharp has guided the Texas A&M
	System through an era of tremendous progress, and his
	accomplishments will yield ever-increasing benefits in the years to
	come; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
	Legislature hereby honor John Sharp for his service as chancellor
	of The Texas A&M University System and extend to him sincere best
	wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Chancellor Sharp as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Dyson Buckley
	Leo Wilson Ashby
	Kitzman Curry
	Guillen Hayes
	Jones of Dallas Orr
	Patterson Richardson
	Vasut
	Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw
	Alders Guillen Morgan
	Allen Harless Muñoz
	Anchía Harris Noble
	Ashby Harris Davila Olcott
	Barry Harrison Oliverson
	Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz
	Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr
	Bernal Hernandez Patterson
	Bhojani Hickland Paul
	Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso
	Bowers Holt Perez of Harris
	Bryant Hopper Phelan
	Buckley Howard Pierson
	Bucy Hull Plesa
	Bumgarner Hunter Raymond
	Button Isaac Reynolds
	Cain Johnson Richardson
	Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos
	Canales Jones of Harris Romero
	Capriglione Kerwin Rose
	Cole King Rosenthal
	Collier Kitzman Schatzline
	Cook LaHood Schofield
	Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft
	Craddick Lambert Shaheen
	Cunningham Landgraf Shofner
	Curry Leach Simmons
	Darby Leo Wilson Slawson
	A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee
	Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller
	Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson
	DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico
	Dorazio Louderback Tepper
	Dutton Lowe Thompson
	Dyson Lozano Tinderholt
	Fairly Lujan Toth
	Flores Luther Troxclair
	Frank Manuel Turner
	Gámez Martinez VanDeaver
	Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut
	Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos
	Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell
	Gates Metcalf Vo
	Gerdes Meyer Walle
	Geren Meza Ward Johnson
	Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton
	González of Dallas Moody Wilson
	González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu
	Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 658 was adopted by the House on April 3,
	2025, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House