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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Walter Wendler is being inaugurated as |
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president of West Texas A&M University on September 15, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Wendler has served as president of WTAMU since |
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his appointment in September 2016, and on the occasion of his |
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official investiture, he will be unveiling a long-term planning |
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effort, WT 125, which will culminate in 2035, the school's 125th |
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anniversary; this exciting initiative seeks to raise the |
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university's national profile as a research and doctorate-granting |
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institution while emphasizing its focus on issues affecting the |
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Texas Panhandle region; and |
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WHEREAS, Raised in Northport, New York, Dr. Wendler received |
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a bachelor's degree in environmental design from Texas A&M |
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University, and he went on to earn a master's degree in architecture |
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from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in |
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curriculum and instruction from The University of Texas at Austin; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, After beginning his academic career as an assistant |
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architecture professor at Louisiana State University, Dr. Wendler |
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joined the faculty of Texas A&M, where he later served as chair of |
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the Department of Architecture, as dean of the College of |
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Architecture, and as executive assistant to the president; |
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subsequently, he was appointed vice chancellor for planning for The |
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Texas A&M University System; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2001, Dr. Wendler became the chancellor of |
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and over the course of his |
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six years in that office, he oversaw an annual budget of more than |
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$460 million and the planning of $286 million in new buildings as |
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well as a 65 percent increase in research productivity; in 2007, he |
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returned to teaching as a member of the school's architecture |
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faculty, and from 2008 until his retirement from SIU in 2015, he |
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served as director of the School of Architecture; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Walter Wendler brings a wealth of experience and |
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expertise to his leadership of West Texas A&M, and he may indeed |
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reflect with pride on his many achievements as he takes on the |
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challenges and opportunities of this new role; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Walter |
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Wendler on his inauguration as president of West Texas A&M |
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University and extend to him sincere best wishes for a successful |
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tenure; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Wendler as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 417 was adopted by the House on August |
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15, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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