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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the loss of Dr. William |
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Gordon McGee of El Paso, who died on April 6, 2008, at the age of 74; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas Southwestern |
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Medical School, Dr. McGee completed a double residency in internal |
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medicine and pathology; he began working as a pathologist at Hotel |
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Dieu Hospital in El Paso, and he was instrumental in developing a |
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laboratory business now known as Quest Diagnostics; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. McGee was deeply committed to providing good |
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medical care; he was the founder of El Paso's Emergency Medical |
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Service system and had served as chairman of the board of that |
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organization; he also served as chairman of the boards of the Texas |
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Medical Association, the El Paso city-county health board, and El |
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Paso First, where he fought to make health insurance available to |
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children from low-income families; additionally, he had been |
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president of the Texas Society of Pathologists and the El Paso |
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County Medical Society; and |
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WHEREAS, He was appointed by Governor Mark White to the Texas |
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Tech University board of regents, where he worked to establish the |
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El Paso medical school as a four-year institution; he worked |
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statewide to improve the delivery of health care along the border, |
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and he was honored by the Texas Society of Pathologists with the |
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George J. Caldwell Award and received the Distinguished Service |
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Award from the Texas Medical Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. McGee dedicated himself to his community, his |
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state, and his country, and his warmth, wisdom, and valued counsel |
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will not be forgotten; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. William Gordon |
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McGee and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. William |
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Gordon McGee. |