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                                                                  H.R. No. 1768



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to pay 
tribute to Dr. Peggy B. Smith for her exceptional professional 
accomplishments; and
	WHEREAS, Director of the Baylor Teen Clinic in Houston, Dr. 
Smith oversees reproductive health services for indigent teens and  
has published more than 95 articles and three books on related 
topics; she chairs the Greater Houston Collaborative for Children 
and the statewide Family Planning Advisory Committee for the 
commissioner of the Texas Department of Health; and
	WHEREAS, She was appointed by Governors White, Clements, 
Richards, and Bush to chair the Children's Trust Fund of Texas, 
served on Governor Richards's State-wide Health Task Force, and was 
appointed by the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives to 
serve on the Select Committee on Adolescent Pregnancy; on a wider 
scale, she has also served as a member of the National Advisory 
Council of the Hogg Foundation; and
	WHEREAS, An alumna of The University of Texas, this esteemed 
Texan earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees by the age 
of 23 and was voted Sweetheart of The University of Texas and Queen 
of the Cotton Bowl; Dr. Smith has received a Kezia DePelchin Award 
and a 1996 Good Samaritan Award for her work in behalf of health 
care and child abuse prevention, and she has also been an American 
Leadership Forum fellow; and
	WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Dr. Smith has set high 
standards and an inspiring example of service in behalf of the most 
vulnerable members of our society; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby commend Dr. Peggy B. Smith for her deep 
commitment to her fellow Texans and extend to her sincere best 
wishes for continued success and fulfillment; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Dr. Smith as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.

                                                                           Pitts
                                                                        Hochberg

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1768 was adopted by the House on May 
31, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House