89R24949 AMB-D
By: Craddick H.C.R. No. 140
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Cody C. Campbell was elected chair of the Texas Tech
University System Board of Regents on April 14, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Campbell was appointed to the board of regents
by Governor Greg Abbott in April 2021, and over the course of his
tenure, he has also served as vice chair of its Finance &
Investments Committee, as well as of the Carr Foundation Board of
Trustees; and
WHEREAS, Bringing to his position a wealth of knowledge and
experience, Mr. Campbell previously served on the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Tech University Rawls
College of Business Advisory Council; moreover, he cofounded and is
a board member of the Matador Club, and he further gives generously
of his time and talents to the boards of a number of other worthy
organizations, including the Texas Public Policy Foundation and All
Saints' Episcopal School of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, A fourth-generation Red Raider, Mr. Campbell holds
bachelor's degrees in finance and economics and a master's degree in
finance from Texas Tech, where he was a four-year letterman on the
offensive line for the football team from 2001 to 2004, and he went
on to spend two seasons in the National Football League with the
Indianapolis Colts; currently, he is co-chief executive officer of
Double Eagle Energy Holdings, a Fort Worth-based upstream
exploration and production company that he helped to establish, and
he also is the president and a board member of Double Eagle
Charities; and
WHEREAS, In taking on this new challenge, Cody Campbell has
demonstrated a profound commitment to advancing the important goals
of one of the largest systems of higher education in the Lone Star
State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby congratulate Cody C. Campbell on his election as chair of the
Texas Tech University System Board of Regents 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. Campbell as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives and Senate.