Teel Bivins
| Miles Teel Bivins | |
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| Member of the Texas Senate from the 31st district |
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In office 1989–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Sarpalius |
| Succeeded by | Kel Seliger |
| 18th United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden | |
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In office May 25, 2004 – January 31, 2006 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Michael M. Wood |
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November 22, 1947 Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA |
| Died | October 26, 2009 (aged 61) Amarillo, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
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Divorced from: (1) Cornelia Ritchie Wadsworth Bivins |
| Children |
Andrew Montgomery Bivins |
| Alma mater | Southern Methodist University |
| Profession | Attorney; Rancher; Businessman |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Divorced from: (1) Cornelia Ritchie Wadsworth Bivins
Andrew Montgomery Bivins
Katherine Teel Bivins
William Terrill Bivins
Miles Teel Bivins (November 22, 1947 – October 26, 2009) was from 2004 to 2006 the United States ambassador to Sweden. He was confirmed by the United States 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 on June 9. He left the position early after having been stricken with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a fatal condition.
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.
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