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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 840

 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of Texas takes pleasure in recognizing

 1-4     Rodolfo Omar Garza on the momentous occasion of his graduation

 1-5     with the degree of Medical Doctor from The University of Texas

 1-6     Health Science Center at San Antonio on May 24, 1997; and

 1-7           WHEREAS, His family and friends are justly proud of this

 1-8     hardworking and intelligent student and his achievement of this

 1-9     goal; and

1-10           WHEREAS, Born February 26, 1969, as the first child of

1-11     Attorney G. Rudolph Garza, Jr., and Maria Nora Garza, Rudy attended

1-12     the public schools of Corpus Christi and its Athena program for

1-13     academically gifted students, specifically, Windsor Park Elementary,

1-14     Baker Middle School, where his mother is an assistant principal,

1-15     and Mary Carroll High School; and

1-16           WHEREAS, Rudy went on to attend and graduated from

1-17     The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in

1-18     biology in May, 1992; and

1-19           WHEREAS, After acceptance for the study of medicine by

1-20     The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,

1-21     Rudy Garza worked at the Mexican American Research Effectiveness

1-22     Center, where he studied under Dr. Jacqueline Pugh, assisted in

1-23     clinical research, and wrote scientific articles about Diabetes

 2-1     Mellitus; and

 2-2           WHEREAS, As a Bartter Scholar in Clinical Research, Dr. Garza

 2-3     received an Honors designation for Obstetrical rotation as well as

 2-4     the Highest Recommendation for Medicine rotation; and

 2-5           WHEREAS, This industrious and bright young man has worked

 2-6     diligently to fulfill his dream to become a physician and will

 2-7     continue his medical studies in the residency program in Internal

 2-8     Medicine at The University Hospital System in San Antonio; and

 2-9           WHEREAS, In completing the requirements for graduating from

2-10     this highly esteemed institution, Dr. Garza brings great pride to

2-11     himself, his wife, the former Maricela Carter of San Antonio, his

2-12     baby daughter, Victoria Elena, and the rest of his immediate and

2-13     extended family, his community, and his state; now, therefore, be it

2-14           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

2-15     75th Legislature, hereby congratulate and commend Rodolfo Omar Garza

2-16     on his graduation from medical school and wish him well in the

2-17     future; and, be it further

2-18           RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be prepared for

2-19     Dr. Garza, his mother and father, Dr. John Prentice Howe III,

2-20     President of The University of Texas Health Science Center at

2-21     San Antonio, and Dr. Abelardo Saavedra, Superintendent of the

2-22     Corpus Christi Independent School District as an expression of

2-23     the highest regard of the Texas Senate for this outstanding

2-24     academic achievement.

2-25                                                    Truan

 3-1           Armbrister           Galloway            Ogden

 3-2           Barrientos           Harris              Patterson

 3-3           Bivins               Haywood             Ratliff

 3-4           Brown                Lindsay             Shapiro

 3-5           Cain                 Lucio               Shapleigh

 3-6           Carona               Luna                Sibley

 3-7           Duncan               Madla               Wentworth

 3-8           Ellis                Moncrief            West

 3-9           Fraser               Nelson              Whitmire

3-10           Gallegos             Nixon               Zaffirini

3-11                      Bullock, President of the Senate

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3-13                                          President of the Senate

3-14                                       I hereby certify that the above

3-15                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate

3-16                                  on May 23, 1997.

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3-18                                          Secretary of the Senate

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3-20                                            Dean of the Senate