SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 453


In Memory

of

Dr. Kathleen S. Kagan-Hallet

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and 
commemorates the life of noted South Texas pathologist,
Dr. Kathleen S. Kagan-Hallet, who died February 19, 2005, at
the age of 62; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Kagan-Hallet was an associate professor of 
pathology and the chief of the division of neuropathology at
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and
was also associated with the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans 
Hospital; she was widely respected in her field and noted for 
training many renowned physicians from around the country in 
neuromuscular disease; and
	WHEREAS, Kathleen was born in Port Jervis, New York, on 
October 22, 1942, and her family lived all over the world; she 
attended the Armed Forces Grammar School in Frankfurt, Germany, 
which started her interest in learning languages; by the time she 
left high school in Albuquerque, she could speak five languages; 
and
	WHEREAS, She graduated cum laude from the University of
New Mexico, where she earned her medical degree in 1968; she 
completed an internship in pathology at the University of
North Carolina and served a residency in anatomic and clinical 
pathology at the National Naval Medical Center; she was a fellow 
in neuropathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in 
Washington, D.C.; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Kagan-Hallet was a highly esteemed physician 
and educator, who was admired and respected by all who knew her;
a treasured resident of Boerne, Kathleen was a devoted wife, 
daughter, and sister, and she leaves behind memories that will be 
treasured forever by her family and many friends; now, therefore, 
be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
79th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the 
bereaved family of Dr. Kathleen S. Kagan-Hallet:  her husband, 
Earl Hallet; her mother, Frances Shelton Kagan; and her sister, 
Pat Kagan Tobias; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 
her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the
Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do
so in memory of Dr. Kathleen S. Kagan-Hallet.
                                                                    Van de Putte




________________________________ 
    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on March 22, 2005, by a 
rising vote.



________________________________ 
    Secretary of the Senate



________________________________ 
     Member, Texas Senate