78S20351 MW-D

By:  Kuempel                                                      H.R. No. 152



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Family and friends of Dr. Sam A. Nixon of Houston 
were profoundly saddened by the passing of this esteemed physician, 
educator, and administrator on August 17, 2003; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Nixon was born in Galveston on June 28, 1927, and 
he graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor of science 
degree in 1946; he earned his medical degree from The University of 
Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and had a rotating internship at 
Fordham Hospital in New York City; and
	WHEREAS, Serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he was 
stationed in Korea, Japan, and Texas; he established a successful 
private practice caring for patients in Floresville and Nixon for 
23 years and then moved to Houston to be a professor in the 
Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine at The 
University of Texas at Houston; and
	WHEREAS, Maintaining a strong commitment to medical 
education, he worked as a faculty associate for the Center for 
Health Promotion Research and Development at The University of 
Texas at Houston, as assistant dean of continuing education at The 
University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and as director of 
the Office of Continuing Medical Education at The University of 
Texas Health Science Center at Houston; and
	WHEREAS, Benefiting others with his experience and 
leadership skills, Dr. Nixon served as president of the Texas 
Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP), the American Academy of Family  
Physicians, the Texas Medical Association (TMA), and the Houston 
Academy of Medicine; and
	WHEREAS, His professional contributions also included 
working as a diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice and 
an editor of Texas Health Letter; furthermore, Dr. Nixon belonged 
to the board of regents of the Uniformed Services University of 
Health Sciences, the advisory committee of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, which he also served as consultant, and the 
Harris County and Gonzales County medical societies; and
	WHEREAS, This esteemed physician was duly honored with the 
2002 TAFP Lifetime Achievement Award and the 1999 TMA Distinguished 
Service Award; he also received the 1991 American Medical 
Association Award for Health Education and the 1982 Ashbel Smith 
Distinguished Alumnus Award of The University of Texas Medical 
Branch; and
	WHEREAS, Through many years of dedication to the field of 
medicine, as both a practitioner and an educator, Dr. Nixon 
positively affected the lives of countless individuals, and his 
legacy will endure through his many good works; now, therefore, be 
it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of 
Dr. Sam A. Nixon and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his 
family:  to his wife, Elizabeth Nixon; to his four daughters, Alice 
Nixon, Betsy Carrell, Jano Nixon, and Dorothy Robinson; and to his 
other relatives and numerous friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of 
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Sam A. 
Nixon.