| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 687 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Professor M. Theron Waddell is retiring from |
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| 3 | 3 | | Galveston College on May 20, 2019, drawing to a close a |
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| 4 | 4 | | remarkable career as an educator that has spanned more than half |
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| 5 | 5 | | a century; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Theron Waddell earned his bachelor's and master's |
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| 7 | 7 | | degrees in government and history at The University of Texas, and |
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| 8 | 8 | | early in his career, he worked for the Texas Legislature in the |
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| 9 | 9 | | offices of two state senators; from 1967 to 1969, he was staff |
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| 10 | 10 | | counsel to the Senate Interim Committee on Vocational-Technical |
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| 11 | 11 | | Education, and he authored "To Bridge the Gap," a comprehensive |
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| 12 | 12 | | report that helped lay the foundation for the state's current |
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| 13 | 13 | | system of vocational and technical education; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, After teaching for Sam Houston State University, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Houston Baptist College, San Antonio College, and San Jacinto |
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| 16 | 16 | | College, Professor Waddell joined the faculty of Galveston |
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| 17 | 17 | | College in 1969; in addition to teaching government, he has |
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| 18 | 18 | | served as chair of the department of social sciences, special |
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| 19 | 19 | | assistant to the president for policy research and writing, |
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| 20 | 20 | | acting assistant dean of the division of humanities, acting |
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| 21 | 21 | | director of student services, and director of the division of |
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| 22 | 22 | | arts and humanities; he has also taught as an adjunct at Texas A&M |
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| 23 | 23 | | University in Galveston and at the University of Houston-Clear |
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| 24 | 24 | | Lake; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, A leader in his profession, Professor Waddell has |
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| 26 | 26 | | contributed to the Texas Community College Teachers Association |
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| 27 | 27 | | as vicepresidentandprogramchairofthegovernmentsection; |
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| 28 | 28 | | moreover, he served for six terms as president of the Galveston |
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| 29 | 29 | | College Faculty Senate, and he drafted the original constitution |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the Galveston College Faculty Council; also engaged in the |
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| 31 | 31 | | wider community, he has served as chair of the Galveston County |
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| 32 | 32 | | Democratic Party, and he is a longtime volunteer with Dickens on |
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| 33 | 33 | | The Strand and The Grand 1894 Opera House; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Professor Waddell's dedication, expertise, and |
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| 35 | 35 | | commitment to excellence have benefited thousands of students at |
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| 36 | 36 | | Galveston College over the past five decades, and he may indeed |
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| 37 | 37 | | reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks upon the |
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| 38 | 38 | | next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 40 | 40 | | Legislature, hereby congratulate M. Theron Waddell on his |
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| 41 | 41 | | retirement from Galveston College and extend to him sincere best |
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| 42 | 42 | | wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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| 44 | 44 | | prepared for Professor Waddell as an expression of high regard by |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Texas Senate. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Taylor |
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| 47 | 47 | | ________________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | President of the Senate |
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| 49 | 49 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 50 | 50 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 51 | 51 | | the Senate on May 13, 2019. |
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| 52 | 52 | | ________________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 54 | 54 | | ________________________________ |
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| 55 | 55 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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