Commendation for the Honorable Deirdre Alpert

AS-2658-04/FGA - March 6-7, 2004

WHEREAS, The Honorable Deirdre Alpert has served the people of California for six years as a member of the California State Assembly and eight years as a member of the California State Senate; and

WHEREAS, Senator Alpert has served in the legislature with great distinction, including chairing the Committee on Appropriations and co chairing the Joint Committee for the Master Plan for Education, serving as a member of the committees of Education and Higher Education, the Select Committee on College Admissions and Outreach, and other committees of importance to California; and

WHEREAS, Senator Alpert has been a visionary in her work in the California Legislature; and

WHEREAS, Senator Alpert has benefited the people of California especially through her service as Co-chair of the Joint Committee for the Master Plan for Education; and

WHEREAS, Senator Alpert has supported the California State University (CSU) along with other sectors of higher education while extending the principles of the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education to the needs of all California citizens; therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the Academic Senate of the California State University thank Senator Alpert for her contributions to the CSU and congratulate her for her contributions to education in the State of California.