Bill Text: TX HR417 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 417 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Walter Wendler on his inauguration as president of West Texas A&M University.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR417 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HR417-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 417



	R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, Dr. Walter Wendler is being inaugurated as
	president of West Texas A&M University on September 15, 2017; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Wendler has served as president of WTAMU since
	his appointment in September 2016, and on the occasion of his
	official investiture, he will be unveiling a long-term planning
	effort, WT 125, which will culminate in 2035, the school's 125th
	anniversary; this exciting initiative seeks to raise the
	university's national profile as a research and doctorate-granting
	institution while emphasizing its focus on issues affecting the
	Texas Panhandle region; and
	WHEREAS, Raised in Northport, New York, Dr. Wendler received
	a bachelor's degree in environmental design from Texas A&M
	University, and he went on to earn a master's degree in architecture
	from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in
	curriculum and instruction from The University of Texas at Austin;
	and
	WHEREAS, After beginning his academic career as an assistant
	architecture professor at Louisiana State University, Dr. Wendler
	joined the faculty of Texas A&M, where he later served as chair of
	the Department of Architecture, as dean of the College of
	Architecture, and as executive assistant to the president;
	subsequently, he was appointed vice chancellor for planning for The
	Texas A&M University System; and
	WHEREAS, In 2001, Dr. Wendler became the chancellor of
	Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and over the course of his
	six years in that office, he oversaw an annual budget of more than
	$460 million and the planning of $286 million in new buildings as
	well as a 65 percent increase in research productivity; in 2007, he
	returned to teaching as a member of the school's architecture
	faculty, and from 2008 until his retirement from SIU in 2015, he
	served as director of the School of Architecture; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Walter Wendler brings a wealth of experience and
	expertise to his leadership of West Texas A&M, and he may indeed
	reflect with pride on his many achievements as he takes on the
	challenges and opportunities of this new role; now, therefore, be
	it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
	Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Walter
	Wendler on his inauguration as president of West Texas A&M
	University and extend to him sincere best wishes for a successful
	tenure; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Dr. Wendler as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.

	Price

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 417 was adopted by the House on August
	15, 2017, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House