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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than half a century, Dr. Mario E. Ramirez |
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has provided able service to the residents of Roma and South Texas |
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as a physician, administrator, and mentor; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Roma, Dr. Ramirez was inspired to |
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practice medicine at a young age; he was influenced by his uncle, a |
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pharmacist who often provided health care because the city lacked |
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physicians, and he was further motivated to pursue a career as a |
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doctor after losing his younger brother, who died at the age of |
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seven; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Ramirez completed pre-med requirements at The |
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University of Texas by the age of 18 and earned his medical degree |
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from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine by the age of |
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22; fulfilling his lifelong ambition to return to Roma and serve the |
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citizens of his hometown, he opened the first family practice in |
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Starr County in 1950, eight years before establishing the first |
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hospital in Roma; and |
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WHEREAS, Leaving his practice in 1993, Dr. Ramirez worked for |
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Blue Cross/Blue Shield before accepting new challenges as the vice |
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president of South Texas initiatives at The University of Texas |
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Health Science Center, a position from which he has recently |
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retired; in this role, he worked to help and inspire young people to |
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enter the medical profession in order to serve the citizens of the |
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Rio Grande Valley; he also founded the program, Med/Ed, which has |
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seen more than 1,000 students complete its curriculum, 86 of whom |
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have already been accepted to medical school; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly respected by all who know him, Dr. Ramirez is |
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an inspiration of professional excellence, and his trailblazing |
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efforts have made an undeniable and positive impact on the |
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community that is proud, and fortunate, to claim him as a native |
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son; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Dr. Mario E. Ramirez on his years of |
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service to the people of Roma, Starr County, and South Texas and |
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extend to him best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Ramirez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |