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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, David W. Leebron is stepping down as president of |
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| 6 | 6 | | Rice University on June 30, 2022, after 18 years of dedicated |
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| 7 | 7 | | service to the institution; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Leebron was appointed as the seventh president |
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| 9 | 9 | | of Rice in 2004, and he has guided the school through a period of |
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| 10 | 10 | | tremendous progress; under his leadership, the growing student |
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| 11 | 11 | | population has become more diverse, and applications for enrollment |
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| 12 | 12 | | have quadrupled; moreover, he has helped increase financial support |
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| 13 | 13 | | for research initiatives, and he has overseen various updates to |
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| 14 | 14 | | the campus, including the addition of new buildings and numerous |
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| 15 | 15 | | renovation and construction projects; along the way, he has also |
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| 16 | 16 | | worked as a member of the political science faculty at the |
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| 17 | 17 | | university, and he authored a textbook on international human |
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| 18 | 18 | | rights; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, An alumnus of Harvard College, Mr. Leebron |
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| 20 | 20 | | graduated from Harvard Law School in 1979, and he went on to work as |
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| 21 | 21 | | a law clerk for Judge Shirley Hufstedler on the 9th Circuit Court of |
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| 22 | 22 | | Appeals in Los Angeles; he held teaching positions at the UCLA |
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| 23 | 23 | | School of Law, the New York University School of Law, and Columbia |
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| 24 | 24 | | Law School, where he was later appointed dean and the Lucy G. Moses |
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| 25 | 25 | | Professor of Law; he also served as a visiting Fellow and professor |
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| 26 | 26 | | at universities in Germany; among his many accolades, he has |
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| 27 | 27 | | received several international honors, and he and his wife, |
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| 28 | 28 | | university representative Y. Ping Sun, were selected as |
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| 29 | 29 | | International Executives of the Year by the Greater Houston |
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| 30 | 30 | | Partnership; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Through his visionary leadership, David Leebron has |
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| 32 | 32 | | played a vital role in advancing the proud legacy of Rice |
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| 33 | 33 | | University, and his achievements will continue to be appreciated |
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| 34 | 34 | | for many years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 36 | 36 | | Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend David W. Leebron |
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| 37 | 37 | | for his service as president of Rice University and that he be |
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