He served as a Republican member for the 31st district of the Texas Senate,[2] and also as the 18th United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden.

[1] He attended Colorado Academy and then Tulane University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970.

[1] He also attended Southern Methodist University's law school, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1974.

[3] Bivins then served as the 18th United States ambassador to Sweden,[1] having been nominated by President George W.

He endowed the Teel Bivins Chair of Political Science at West Texas A&M University.