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79S31269 JH-D

By:  Naishtat                                                     H.R. No. 423



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Pulitzer Prize, one of the most prestigious 
literary awards in the United States, was bestowed on Dr. David M. 
Oshinsky of Austin for his book, Polio: An American Story; and
	WHEREAS, In winning the 2006 Pulitzer in the history 
category, Dr. Oshinsky has distinguished himself as one of the 
leading historians of modern American culture; moreover, he has 
brought honor to The University of Texas at Austin, where he is the 
George Littlefield Professor of American History; and
	WHEREAS, A graduate of Cornell University, where he received 
his bachelor's and master's degrees, and Brandeis University, where 
he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1971, Dr. Oshinsky was a professor at 
Rutgers University for 30 years before joining the faculty at The 
University of Texas in 2001; and
	WHEREAS, In writing Polio: An American Story, Dr. Oshinsky 
has created an insightful analysis of the nation's fight against 
this dreaded disease; his vivid account chronicles the immense fear 
and suffering caused by polio and details the successful search for 
a vaccine to prevent it; and
	WHEREAS, Polio: An American Story is one of several highly 
respected works written by this renowned historian; his 
considerable skills as a researcher and writer are also evident in A 
Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy, which won the 
Hardeman Prize as the best book about the United States Congress, 
and Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow 
Justice, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award; in addition, he 
is a coauthor of American Passages: A History of the United States
and a coeditor of The Oxford Companion to United States History; and
	WHEREAS, Winning the Pulitzer Prize is truly an extraordinary 
accomplishment, and with his compelling historical account of the 
race to find a cure for polio, Dr. Oshinsky has greatly contributed 
to the rich tradition of letters in the Lone Star State; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. David M. 
Oshinsky on winning the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in the history category 
and extend to him warmest best wishes for continued success; and, be 
it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Dr. Oshinsky as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.