AL HJR180

Urges the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees to pursue Dr. Condoleezza Rice for the position of Chancellor of the University of Alabama System.

Highlights Dr. Rice's qualifications including her service as U.S. Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and Provost of Stanford University.

Notes Dr. Rice's educational background including a bachelor's degree from University of Denver, master's degree from University of Notre Dame, and doctorate from University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies.

Emphasizes Dr. Rice's Alabama heritage as a native of Birmingham, Alabama, with familial ties to the state and her father's service as a college administrator in Tuscaloosa.

Directs that copies of the resolution be provided to the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees and to Dr. Rice herself as an expression of legislative support.