By: Ramsay H.C.R. No. 46
73R3082 SAJ-D
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, Dr. John Marion Ellis of Mount Pleasant, a respected
1-2 physician and leading expert on the benefits of Vitamin B-6, has
1-3 recently retired from medical practice, drawing to a close a
1-4 distinguished career that spanned a half century of dedicated
1-5 service to his nation and community; and
1-6 WHEREAS, In recognition of the significant contributions he
1-7 has made to the citizens of Northeast Texas and to medical
1-8 research, the Titus County Memorial Hospital held a retirement
1-9 dinner and reception in his honor on January 8, 1993; and
1-10 WHEREAS, A long-time resident of Mount Pleasant, Dr. Ellis
1-11 was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was graduated from The
1-12 University of Texas School of Medicine at Galveston in 1942; and
1-13 WHEREAS, When the United States entered World War II, he
1-14 dutifully answered his country's call, serving as an orthopedic
1-15 surgeon with the United States Army Medical Corps, and contributed
1-16 his extensive medical skills following V-E Day as a special
1-17 investigator with the International War Crimes Commission; and
1-18 WHEREAS, Upon military discharge and the completion of
1-19 residencies at hospitals in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Ellis returned
1-20 to Mount Pleasant to administer to the medical needs of the
1-21 community, and in 1950 began a successful career in private
1-22 practice; and
1-23 WHEREAS, During the course of his medical practice, which was
1-24 to last the next 42 years, Dr. Ellis delivered more than 700 babies
2-1 and performed or assisted with nearly 3,000 surgical operations;
2-2 and
2-3 WHEREAS, He shared a rewarding association with the Titus
2-4 County Memorial Hospital and in 1966 was appointed to serve a
2-5 three-year term on its board of managers; he returned to the board
2-6 when it became an elective body in 1982 and ably served as a board
2-7 member through 1986; and
2-8 WHEREAS, In addition, he contributed his wealth of
2-9 organizational skills as temporary hospital administrator in 1969
2-10 and was appointed medical director of clinical research in 1990;
2-11 and
2-12 WHEREAS, His extensive accomplishments in the field of
2-13 research are well known; Dr. Ellis began studying the effects of
2-14 Vitamin B-6 deficiency on the human body in the early 1960s, and is
2-15 one of the foremost authorities on the subject today; and
2-16 WHEREAS, The author or coauthor of several books and numerous
2-17 journal articles, he has lectured professionally across the nation
2-18 and in Europe and plans to maintain an active involvement in the
2-19 field as a medical consultant to both the federal and state
2-20 government; and
2-21 WHEREAS, In recognition of the vast contributions he has made
2-22 as a local practitioner and medical scholar, the Titus County
2-23 Chamber of Commerce named Dr. Ellis its Citizen of the Year in
2-24 1981; and
2-25 WHEREAS, Throughout his many endeavors, he has enjoyed the
2-26 love and support of his wife of 46 years, Lucille Haenni Ellis, and
2-27 the couple's four fine children, Joan Roberts, Jeffrey Ellis, John
3-1 Ellis, Jr., and Gina Baldwin; and
3-2 WHEREAS, An illustrious physician, Dr. Ellis has shown
3-3 consummate care and concern for each of his patients, and his
3-4 adherence to the finest principles of the medical arts is indeed
3-5 worthy of special legislative praise and recognition; now,
3-6 therefore, be it
3-7 RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas
3-8 hereby congratulate Dr. John Marion Ellis on the occasion of his
3-9 retirement and extend to him best wishes for all his future
3-10 endeavors; and, be it further
3-11 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
3-12 prepared for him as an expression of highest regard by the
3-13 Legislature of the State of Texas.