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This resolution recognizes Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell for his exceptional leadership of the Texas Tech University System over more than 15 years, first as president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and then as chancellor. The resolution highlights Dr. Mitchell's significant achievements, including leading the system to record enrollments, fundraising, and research expenditures, creating a $19.2 billion statewide economic impact, and successfully establishing two groundbreaking educational institutions: the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine and the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine. He also expanded the system by adding Midwestern State University, secured critical legislative funding, and developed innovative healthcare initiatives like the Big Cure Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program and the Kenneth H. Cooper Institute. The resolution commends Dr. Mitchell for his commitment to higher education, healthcare, research, and community engagement, particularly in West Texas, and formally extends sincere appreciation for his extraordinary dedication to the Texas Tech University System and its institutions, ultimately resolving to prepare an official copy of the resolution as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.

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