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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Walter Wendler is being inaugurated as |
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| 6 | 7 | | president of West Texas A&M University on September 15, 2017; and |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Wendler has served as president of WTAMU since |
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| 8 | 9 | | his appointment in September 2016, and on the occasion of his |
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| 9 | 10 | | official investiture, he will be unveiling a long-term planning |
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| 10 | 11 | | effort, WT 125, which will culminate in 2035, the school's 125th |
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| 11 | 12 | | anniversary; this exciting initiative seeks to raise the |
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| 12 | 13 | | university's national profile as a research and doctorate-granting |
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| 13 | 14 | | institution while emphasizing its focus on issues affecting the |
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| 14 | 15 | | Texas Panhandle region; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Raised in Northport, New York, Dr. Wendler received |
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| 16 | 17 | | a bachelor's degree in environmental design from Texas A&M |
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| 17 | 18 | | University, and he went on to earn a master's degree in architecture |
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| 18 | 19 | | from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in |
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| 19 | 20 | | curriculum and instruction from The University of Texas at Austin; |
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| 20 | 21 | | and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, After beginning his academic career as an assistant |
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| 22 | 23 | | architecture professor at Louisiana State University, Dr. Wendler |
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| 23 | 24 | | joined the faculty of Texas A&M, where he later served as chair of |
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| 24 | 25 | | the Department of Architecture, as dean of the College of |
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| 25 | 26 | | Architecture, and as executive assistant to the president; |
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| 26 | 27 | | subsequently, he was appointed vice chancellor for planning for The |
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| 27 | 28 | | Texas A&M University System; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Dr. Wendler became the chancellor of |
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| 29 | 30 | | Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and over the course of his |
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| 30 | 31 | | six years in that office, he oversaw an annual budget of more than |
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| 31 | 32 | | $460 million and the planning of $286 million in new buildings as |
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| 32 | 33 | | well as a 65 percent increase in research productivity; in 2007, he |
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| 33 | 34 | | returned to teaching as a member of the school's architecture |
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| 34 | 35 | | faculty, and from 2008 until his retirement from SIU in 2015, he |
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| 35 | 36 | | served as director of the School of Architecture; and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Walter Wendler brings a wealth of experience and |
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| 37 | 38 | | expertise to his leadership of West Texas A&M, and he may indeed |
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| 38 | 39 | | reflect with pride on his many achievements as he takes on the |
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| 39 | 40 | | challenges and opportunities of this new role; now, therefore, be |
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| 40 | 41 | | it |
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| 41 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 42 | 43 | | Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Walter |
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| 43 | 44 | | Wendler on his inauguration as president of West Texas A&M |
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| 44 | 45 | | University and extend to him sincere best wishes for a successful |
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| 45 | 46 | | tenure; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 48 | | prepared for Dr. Wendler as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 48 | 49 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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