Bill Text: TX HR2017 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Wendell Herman Nedderman, former president of The University of Texas at Arlington.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR2017 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2017-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2017 |
|
||
WHEREAS, Wendell Herman Nedderman, former president of The | ||
University of Texas at Arlington, passed away on May 8, 2019, at the | ||
age of 97; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wendell Nedderman was born on October 31, 1921, in | ||
Lovilia, Iowa, to Walter Herman and Fern Gray Nedderman; he | ||
graduated as valedictorian of Lovilia High School in 1939 and went | ||
on to earn a civil engineering degree with honors from Iowa State | ||
University in 1943; answering his nation's call to duty during | ||
World War II, he enlisted in the United States Navy and was | ||
commissioned an ensign and assigned to the USS Patterson; he | ||
participated in a number of campaigns in the Pacific theater and | ||
received eight battle stars for valor; and | ||
WHEREAS, After returning home, Mr. Nedderman joined the | ||
civil engineering faculty at Texas A&M University in 1947 and | ||
eventually rose to full professor; during that time, he obtained | ||
his master's degree from Texas A&M and his Ph.D. from Iowa State | ||
University; in 1959, he moved with his family to Arlington, where he | ||
became the founding dean of the College of Engineering at Arlington | ||
State College, a position he held for a decade; he then served for | ||
four years as vice president of academic affairs, before being | ||
appointed president of UT Arlington in 1972; over the course of his | ||
20-year tenure, the university experienced much growth and progress | ||
and distinguished itself as a leader in teaching, research, and | ||
outreach; Mr. Nedderman retired in 1992 but continued to teach | ||
part-time in the College of Engineering for more than a decade, and | ||
an endowed professorship in the school bears his name; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Nedderman shared 67 rewarding years of marriage | ||
with his wife, Betty Ann Nedderman, until her passing in 2015; he | ||
was the proud father of four sons, Howard, John, Jeff, and Eric, and | ||
he took joy in welcoming numerous grandchildren and | ||
great-grandchildren into his family; active in many professional | ||
and community organizations, he held nearly every layman position | ||
during his 40-year-long affiliation with the First Christian Church | ||
of Arlington; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wendell Nedderman's myriad contributions had a | ||
transformative impact on UT Arlington, and he has left behind a | ||
legacy of visionary leadership that will continue to resonate for | ||
years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Wendell Herman | ||
Nedderman and extend heartfelt sympathy to his loved ones and | ||
friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Wendell | ||
Nedderman. | ||
Zedler | ||
Turner of Tarrant | ||
Tinderholt | ||
Krause | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2017 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 27, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||