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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 677
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WHEREAS, Dr. Michael Brown, Dr. Joseph Goldstein, and |
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Dr. Donald Seldin of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical |
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Center in Dallas were awarded the first Builders of Science Award |
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from Research!America on March 20, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Research!America of Alexandria, Virginia, is the |
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largest nonprofit medical and health research advocacy group |
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in the nation; its new Builders of Science Award recognizes |
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individuals who have helped to establish a medical research |
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facility or built the credentials and reputation of an existing |
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facility; and |
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WHEREAS, Combining biomedical research with clinical care |
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and medical training, The University of Texas Southwestern |
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Medical Center is one of the leading medical centers in the |
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nation; it has 1,500 full-time faculty members, including four |
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active Nobel Prize winners; and |
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WHEREAS, Two of those Nobel laureates are Dr. Brown and |
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Dr. Goldstein, who shared the 1985 Nobel Prize for Medicine; |
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their discovery of the basic mechanisms of cholesterol |
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metabolism led to the development of cholesterol-lowering statin |
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drugs, among the most widely prescribed medications in the world; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas |
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Southwestern Medical School, Dr. Goldstein is chair of molecular |
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genetics at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School |
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and regental professor of the University of Texas System; he also |
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holds the Julie and Louis A. Beecherl, Jr., Distinguished Chair |
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in Biomedical Science and the Paul J. Thomas Chair in Medicine; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Brown is regental professor of the |
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University of Texas System and directs the Erik Jonsson Center |
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for Research in Molecular Genetics and Human Disease at |
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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; he also |
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holds the W. A. (Monty) Moncrief Distinguished Chair in |
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Cholesterol and Arteriosclerosis Research and the Paul J. Thomas |
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Chair in Medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, One of the pillars of The University of Texas |
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Southwestern Medical School for over 50 years, Dr. Donald Seldin |
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was chair of the internal medicine department from 1952 to 1988; |
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a mentor to several generations of physicians and researchers, |
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including Dr. Brown and Dr. Goldstein, he is a professor of |
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internal medicine and holds the William Buchanan Chair in |
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Internal Medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Seldin, Dr. Brown, and Dr. Goldstein are |
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outstanding physicians whose commitment to excellence in |
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biomedical research helps to generate exceptional patient care |
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as well as notable scientific achievements, and their recent |
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recognition is most well deserved; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby congratulate Dr. Michael Brown, |
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Dr. Joseph Goldstein, and Dr. Donald Seldin of The University of Texas |
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Southwestern Medical Center on their receipt of the Builders of |
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Science Award from Research!America and extend to them best |
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wishes for their continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Brown, Dr. Goldstein, and Dr. Seldin as an |
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expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Carona |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 11, 2007. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |