HOUSTON, Jan. 6, 2004
– Texas Gov. Rick Perry appointed two new members to the University of Houston
System Board of Regents: Dennis D. Golden of Carthage, Texas and Lynden B. Rose of
Houston. Golden and Rose will be sworn in as board members on Jan. 27, 2004. They will
serve six-year terms.
Golden and Rose are UH
alums. Golden, an optometrist, is a cum laude graduate of the University of Houston where
he received his bachelors of science and optometry degrees. Rose, an attorney, earned his
undergraduate and law degrees from the university where he was also co-captain of the
“Phi Slamma Jamma” Cougar basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Four in
1982.
Golden replaces former UH
System Regent Suzette Caldwell whose term expired last year. Rose replaces Gene McDavid,
the former Board of Regents chair whose term also expired last year. A complete list of UH
System Board members is available at http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/regents/board_members/.
“Governor Perry has
provided our university system with two highly qualified individuals whose familiarity
with our campus will allow them to contribute immediately to our efforts to build the
University of Houston into a national and international institution of academic and
research excellence,” said Bo Smith, chair of the UH System Board of Regents. “We
welcome Dennis and Lynden into our family and look forward to having them help us work
through the challenges that face us in reaching our goals in the coming years.”
Golden is a doctor of
optometry and owner of Golden Eye Associates in Carthage, Texas. He is a member of the
Texas Optometric Association (TOA) and the American Optometric Association. He is past
president of TOA, which named him optometrist of the year in 2003. He is also the past
chairman of the Board of Trustees of Panola College where he served three terms.
Rose is an attorney in private practice in Houston. He is president of L. M. Rose Consulting and former president of Rose Sports Management Inc. Rose currently serves on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Physical Fitness and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department Civil Service Commission.