Bill Text: TX SR449 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Glenn O. Lewis for being elected chair of the Texas Wesleyan University Board of Trustees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-20 - Reported enrolled [SR449 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR449-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Former state representative Glenn O. Lewis of | ||
| Fort Worth was elected chair of the Texas Wesleyan University | ||
| Board of Trustees on April 23, 2021, becoming the first African | ||
| American in the university's history to hold the position; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Lewis graduated with a bachelor's degree from | ||
| Texas Wesleyan University in 1981, before earning his juris | ||
| doctor degree from The University of Texas School of Law in | ||
| Austin in 1983; he is currently a partner in the Fort Worth office | ||
| of the national law firm Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, In January 1995, Mr. Lewis embarked on the first | ||
| of five terms in the Texas House of Representatives; during his | ||
| 10 years in office, he served as chair of the Committee on County | ||
| Affairs and vice chair of the Committee on House Administration, | ||
| as well as vice chair of both the Tarrant County Legislative | ||
| Delegation and the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After concluding his tenure in the state | ||
| legislature, Mr. Lewis was appointed to both the Texas Southern | ||
| University Board of Regents and the Texas Wesleyan University | ||
| Board of Trustees in 2007; over the years, he has distinguished | ||
| himself in numerous other leadership roles, including as chair of | ||
| the board of the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of | ||
| Commerce and as a member of the Corporate Leadership Council of | ||
| the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Lewis has further shared his time and insight | ||
| as a board member for the Fort Worth Tarrant County Branch of the | ||
| NAACP, the Arts Council of Fort Worth, Water from the Rock, Inc., | ||
| and the Tarrant County Medical Education and Research | ||
| Foundation, as well as a member of the United Way of Tarrant | ||
| County's Public Policy Committee; moreover, he has held | ||
| membership in the Fort Worth and Fort Worth Hispanic Chambers of | ||
| Commerce, along with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Rainbow Masonic | ||
| Lodge, and the Ambassadors of Fort Worth Charitable Foundation; | ||
| he and his family belong to Mount Olive Baptist Church in | ||
| Arlington, where he has volunteered on the deacon and usher | ||
| boards; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through his myriad endeavors in behalf of his | ||
| community, his state, and the cause of higher education, Glenn | ||
| Lewis has indeed earned the confidence of his fellow trustees at | ||
| Texas Wesleyan University, and that institution is certain to | ||
| benefit greatly from his continued service; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate Glenn O. Lewis on being elected | ||
| chair of the Texas Wesleyan University Board of Trustees 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 Mr. Lewis as an expression of high regard from the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Powell | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 20, 2021. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
