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Teel Bivins
Miles Teel Bivins (November 22, 1947 – October 26, 2009)〔(Ex-state senator and ambassador to Sweden dies ), ''Dallas Morning News'', October 26, 2009.〕 served as United States ambassador to Sweden between 2004 and 2006. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 21, 2004, and sworn in at Washington D.C., on May 26. He presented his credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on June 9. He left the position early after being stricken with progressive supranuclear palsy, a fatal condition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teel Bivins Services Held Today in Amarillo, October 29, 2009 )〕
==State senate service==
Bivins served as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from 1989 to 2004 from Senate District 31, based about Amarillo. He was first elected in 1988, when the incumbent Democratic state senator, Bill Sarpalius, was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Thereafter, Bivins did not face an opponent in a general election. Bivins chaired the Senate Finance Committee, the Education Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Agricultural Subcommittee of the Natural Resources Committee. In addition, he co-chaired the Interim Committee on Public School Finance during the 78th session and in 1999 served on the Electric Utility Restructuring Oversight Committee. He worked for tort reform in Texas. Bivins supported measures to increase accountability and spending in public education, to stop social promotions, and to increase financial aid for college students. In 2008, his contributions were recognized by West Texas A&M University in Canyon through the Teel Bivins Chair in Political Science.〔
In 1999 and 2001, Bivins was recognized as one of the most influential lawmakers by the ''Dallas Morning News''. In 1997 and 2001, Bivins was included among the "Ten Best Legislators" by ''Texas Monthly'' magazine. A Dallas blogger described Bivins, along with colleagues David Sibley of Waco and Bill Ratliff of Mt. Pleasant as having formed a particularly effective "triumvirate" in the management of the Senate during the 1990s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Sibley's unthinkable loss, June 23, 2010 )〕
Bivins was also one of the most successful fundraisers during the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns for George W. Bush.〔
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