In recognition of Sibley's accomplishments and abilities, he served four sessions as chair of the Senate Business & Commerce Committee. He also served on the
Education and Health & Human Services committees in the 77th Legislative Session. Sibley successfully sponsored bills to restructure the electric utility industry in Texas, reform the managed care system and the civil
justice system, create economic development incentives and deregulate the telecommunications industry.
Sibley, a graduate of Baylor University, earned a dental degree in 1974 and a master's degree in oral and maxillofacial
surgery in 1976, both from Baylor College of Dentistry. As a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, he practiced in Waco, Texas, for seven years until an injury forced him to give up his practice in 1985. Sibley then
attended Baylor Law School while serving as mayor of Waco. Upon graduation, he joined the McLennan County District Attorney's Office as a prosecutor. He also was of counsel to the Waco-based civil law firm of Naman, Howell, Smith
and Lee.
Sibley has been an advocate for BCD throughout his career. He co-sponsored the bill merging the college with The Texas A&M University System and worked to raise BCD's appropriation level. In addition, he provided
important counsel to BCD administrators regarding the legislative process. In 1998, Sibley was honored as a distinguished alumnus by the BCD Alumni Association.
His legislative accomplishments earned him Texas Monthly's
designation as one of the state's 10 best legislators in 1993, 1997 and 1999 and an honorable mention in 1995. In 1999, Sibley was honored with the national Dr. Nathan Davis Award by the American Medical Association. He was named "Texas Medicine's Best Legislator" by the Texas Medical Association and was honored three times by the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. He won the 1996 Instructional Telecommunications Council Award for the South Central Region for his contributions to the field of distance learning.
In November 1996, Sibley was appointed to the Baylor University Board of Regents. He recently opened his own law practice in Austin, Texas. He and his wife, Pam, live in Waco.
