1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 871 1-3 WHEREAS, Catherine Holt de Toledo of Fort Worth, Texas, 1-4 is the 1997 winner of the Belle Chenault Award for Political 1-5 Participation, and the Texas Senate is pleased to extend 1-6 congratulations to her for receiving this prestigious honor; 1-7 and 1-8 WHEREAS, The award is presented every two years by the 1-9 American Medical Association's Political Action Committee Board 1-10 of Directors to a member who has made significant personal 1-11 contributions of time and talent in assisting friends of medicine 1-12 in their quest for elective office at the federal and state level; 1-13 and 1-14 WHEREAS, Catherine Toledo assisted six candidates and their 1-15 campaigns during the 1995-1996 elections; she was selected for the 1-16 award on the basis of the value of her activities to each candidate, 1-17 the time committed during the election cycle, and the difficulty 1-18 faced in carrying out the campaign activities; and 1-19 WHEREAS, A member of the Texas Medical Association Alliance, 1-20 Mrs. Toledo served as a volunteer campaign manager and advisor for 1-21 Kay Granger, who was a candidate for the United States House of 1-22 Representatives from Texas' 12th District in 1996; and 1-23 WHEREAS, A graduate of Stanford University with a degree in 2-1 biology, Mrs. Toledo is a freelance medical writer and the wife of 2-2 Luiz de Toledo, a specialist in orthopedics and hand surgery; she 2-3 graduated from the American Medical Association's Political Action 2-4 Committee Campaign School and attended the 1995 American Medical 2-5 Association Political Education and Grassroots Conference in 2-6 Washington, D.C.; and 2-7 WHEREAS, Catherine began her career as a volunteer in Texas 2-8 politics in 1989, assisting a physician in his campaign for the 2-9 United States House of Representatives, and she has continued to 2-10 work on numerous campaigns in Texas; and 2-11 WHEREAS, A member of the TEXPAC Board of Directors, 2-12 Mrs. Toledo is a valuable political resource for the Texas 2-13 Medical Association; she has often presented medicine's view to 2-14 her political friends in office at the State Capitol and testified 2-15 before the senate's Interim Committee on Managed Care in 1996; and 2-16 WHEREAS, Mrs. Toledo has twice received the June Bratcher 2-17 Award for Political Action that is given to the member of the 2-18 Texas Medical Association Alliance who exemplifies the highest 2-19 standard of political activism; now, therefore, be it 2-20 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-21 75th Legislature, hereby recognize Catherine Holt de Toledo for 2-22 her exceptional contributions on behalf of organized medicine; and, 2-23 be it further 2-24 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-25 her as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate. 3-1 Nelson 3-2 ______________________________________ 3-3 President of the Senate 3-4 I hereby certify that the above 3-5 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-6 on May 26, 1997. 3-7 ______________________________________ 3-8 Secretary of the Senate 3-9 ______________________________________ 3-10 Member, Texas Senate