Governor Rick Perry names 11 to TSU advisory panel

(1/31/07 - HOUSTON) -- An advisory committee now assigned to Texas Southern University has until mid-March to come up with a plan to help get the school out of debt.

<!--html1--> According to a recent audit, TSU needs $54 million from taxpayers over the next ten years to pay for repairs to the school's administration building. Also, the athletic department was found to be $2 million over budget. Governor Rick Perry created the 11 member advisory committee to help come up with a solution.

Among the members is Former President of the local NAACP chapter, Harold Jefferson.

"The governor is concerned that TSU needs to improve, get on the right track and become a first class university, and that's what I want to be a part of it," said Jefferson.

Also among the members of the new advisory committee is Larry Faulkner, who until a year ago today was the President of the University of Texas. He is currently the President of the Houston Endowment.

The committee includes:

• Glenn Lewis of Fort Worth, as chairman
• Gary Bledsoe of Austin
• Judge Zinetta Burney of Houston
• Larry Faulkner of Houston
• Anthony Hall Junior of Houston
• Howard Jefferson of Houston <li.Doctor Raymund Paredes of Austin
• Richard Salwen of Austin
• Cynthia Spooner of Houston
• Richard Knight Junior of Dallas -- and Albert Myres of Houston

Perry's executive order creates the Texas Southern University Advisory Committee and seeks recommendations by March 15th.
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