1-1                                     1                                  
 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 518
 1-3                                  In Memory
 1-4                                     of
 1-5                            Dr. Samuel C. Waters
 1-6           WHEREAS, The family and friends of Dr. Samuel C. "Sam" Waters
 1-7     of Wichita Falls were greatly saddened by the passing of this
 1-8     esteemed gentleman on February 19, 2001; and
 1-9           WHEREAS, Born in Pampa on November 15, 1947, Dr. Waters
1-10     earned his bachelor's and medical degrees from Tulane University;
1-11     he served his internship and residency in internal medicine at
1-12     the Methodist Hospital of Dallas and completed his fellowship at
1-13     a host of noteworthy educational and medical facilities, finishing
1-14     in 1979; and
1-15           WHEREAS, This skilled physician moved to Wichita Falls and
1-16     worked as the chief of cardiology at Bethania Regional Hospital,
1-17     where he helped to establish its open heart surgery program; he also
1-18     served as the first director of the W. Erle White Diagnostic Cardiac
1-19     Catheterization Laboratory at Bethania and was a clinical associate
1-20     professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1-21     in Dallas; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, Dr. Waters participated in numerous professional
 2-2     organizations, including the Texas Medical Association Committee
 2-3     on Cardiovascular Disease; he served as an alternate delegate and
 2-4     delegate of the Wichita County Medical Association and, in 1997, was
 2-5     elected president of the Wichita County Medical Society; Dr. Waters
 2-6     mentored residents of the Wichita Falls Family Practice Program in
 2-7     addition to being involved in myriad medical associations; and
 2-8           WHEREAS, A dedicated proponent of various policy issues
 2-9     relating to the medical profession, Dr. Waters served as president
2-10     of the North Texas Medical Foundation and was secretary for four
2-11     years and vice president for two years of the Board of Governors
2-12     of Texas Medical Liability Trust; the vice chairman and later
2-13     chairman of the District XIII TexPAC as well as a member of the
2-14     Candidate Evaluation Committee, Dr. Waters acted as cochairman of
2-15     the Wichita Falls Texans for Tort Reform; furthermore, he founded
2-16     and served on the Board of Directors of the North Texans Against
2-17     Lawsuit Abuse; and
2-18           WHEREAS, An Eagle Scout himself, he contributed greatly
2-19     to his area's youth as an active supporter of the Boy Scouts
2-20     of America, serving on the Board of Directors of the Northwest
2-21     Texas Council, where he was vice president for Health and Safety;
2-22     he was also a Heritage Society member and a lector at the Episcopal
2-23     Church of the Good Shepherd; and
2-24           WHEREAS, Dr. Waters was a talented physician dedicated
 3-1     to his profession, a fine citizen generous to his community, and
 3-2     a loving husband and father devoted to his family; he will be
 3-3     deeply missed but his spirit will undoubtedly live on for all those
 3-4     whose lives he touched; now, therefore, be it
 3-5           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
 3-6     77th Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of
 3-7     Dr. Samuel C. "Sam" Waters and extend sincere condolences to
 3-8     the members of his family:  his wife, Linda; his son,
 3-9     George Peter; his daughters, Heather Helen and Elizabeth Ivy;
3-10     and his other relatives and many friends; and, be it further
3-11           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
3-12     prepared for the members of his family as an expression of deepest
3-13     sympathy from the Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns
3-14     this day, it do so in memory of Samuel C. Waters.
3-15                                                                 Haywood
3-16                                  ______________________________________
3-17                                         President of the Senate
3-18                                       I hereby certify that the above
3-19                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-20                                  on March 21, 2001, by a rising vote.
3-21                                  ______________________________________
3-22                                         Secretary of the Senate
3-23                                  ______________________________________
3-24                                           Member, Texas Senate