[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 21734-21735]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO DR. HERBERT H. RICHARDSON

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                           HON. CHET EDWARDS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 29, 2006

  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor Dr. 
Herbert H. Richardson for his service to The Texas A&M University 
System.
  Dr. Richardson joined The Texas A&M University System in October 1984 
as Vice Chancellor for Engineering in the System, Dean of the College 
of Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Texas A&M 
University and brought together the University and the System's three 
engineering research and service agencies--the Texas Engineering 
Experiment Station, the Texas Engineering Extension Service and the 
Texas Transportation Institute--to form an integrated Engineering 
Program.
  Dr. Richardson encouraged interdisciplinary research programs and 
played a key role in the awarding of Texas A&M University's first 
National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, the Offshore 
Technology Research Center.
  From 1991 to 1993, Dr. Richardson served as Chancellor of The Texas 
A&M University

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System, leading the development of a comprehensive long-range vision 
for the System, as well as implementing a major administrative 
restructuring.
  During his 22 years with The Texas A&M University System, Dr. 
Richardson has shown innovative leadership in building strong academic 
and research programs and in so doing helped the College of Engineering 
and the Texas Transportation Institute earn and maintain their 
outstanding national and international reputations for excellence.
  I offer congratulations on his retirement and wish him and his family 
many years of future happiness

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