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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Lee Jackson is retiring as chancellor of the |
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| 6 | 7 | | University of North Texas System at the end of 2017, drawing to a |
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| 7 | 8 | | close a decade and a half of exemplary service to that institution; |
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| 8 | 9 | | and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, A native of Austin, Mr. Jackson grew up in Dallas and |
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| 10 | 11 | | earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Duke |
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| 11 | 12 | | University and a master's in public administration from Southern |
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| 12 | 13 | | Methodist University; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Before his appointment as UNT chancellor, |
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| 14 | 15 | | Mr. Jackson enjoyed a distinguished 30-year career in state and |
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| 15 | 16 | | local government, starting as an assistant to the Dallas city |
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| 16 | 17 | | manager; he served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1977 |
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| 17 | 18 | | to 1987, earning mention on Texas Monthly's "Ten Best Legislators" |
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| 18 | 19 | | list in 1983, and he went on to win election four times as Dallas |
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| 19 | 20 | | County judge; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson joined the UNT System in 2002, at the |
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| 21 | 22 | | beginning of a period of unprecedented growth; under his dynamic |
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| 22 | 23 | | leadership, the system has added a third campus, increased |
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| 23 | 24 | | enrollment and the number of degrees granted annually, and created |
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| 24 | 25 | | new professional programs in engineering, law, pharmacy, and |
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| 25 | 26 | | medicine; he has also overseen the expansion of the UNT Health |
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| 26 | 27 | | Science Center in Fort Worth and celebrated the designation of UNT |
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| 27 | 28 | | by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as one of the |
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| 28 | 29 | | state's emerging research universities and by the Carnegie |
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| 29 | 30 | | Endowment as a Tier One research university; and |
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| 30 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson has served his professional community as |
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| 31 | 32 | | a board member of the National Association of System Heads and as |
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| 32 | 33 | | chair of the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities and the |
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| 33 | 34 | | Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors; in |
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| 34 | 35 | | addition, he has served his local community on the boards of the |
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| 35 | 36 | | Dallas Citizens Council and the Dallas Regional Chamber; and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Jackson has enjoyed the |
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| 37 | 38 | | love and support of his wife, Margaret, as well as that of his four |
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| 38 | 39 | | children and three grandchildren; and |
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| 39 | 40 | | WHEREAS, Lee Jackson's adept and forward-looking leadership |
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| 40 | 41 | | has helped guide the UNT System through a transformative period in |
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| 41 | 42 | | its history, and his many valuable contributions will continue to |
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| 42 | 43 | | resonate in the years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 44 | 45 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Lee Jackson on his retirement as |
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| 45 | 46 | | chancellor of the University of North Texas System and extend to him |
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| 46 | 47 | | sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 47 | 48 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 48 | 49 | | prepared for Mr. Jackson as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 49 | 50 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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