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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close when Dr. Richard George Fadal of Waco passed away on April |
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4, 2011, at the age of 79; and |
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WHEREAS, Richard Fadal was born in Waco on May 29, 1931, to |
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George and Katherine Fadal, and he attended Waco public schools; |
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after graduating from Baylor University in 1951, he entered The |
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, where he |
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earned his medical degree in 1955, and he returned to Waco to |
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complete his medical internship at Providence Hospital; from 1956 |
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to 1957, he served his country as a captain in the U.S. Air Force; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Following his discharge from the military, Dr. Fadal |
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opened a private medical practice; during the course of his |
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distinguished 45-year career, he served on the staffs of Providence |
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Hospital and Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco and Holy Name |
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Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey; he also served as the |
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attending physician for the Methodist Children's Home, taught on |
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the faculty of the Waco Family Medicine Residency Program, and |
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worked as a consultant for pharmaceutical companies; and |
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WHEREAS, A board-certified allergist, Dr. Fadal was an early |
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adopter of the radioallergosorbent test (RAST), a simple blood test |
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for allergies that was developed in Sweden in 1975 as a replacement |
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for the common skin test; in 1978, Dr. Fadal and one of his |
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students, Dr. Donald Nalebuff, made modifications to the test that |
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allowed physicians to create individual treatment schedules for |
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patients based on their test scores; in 1981 they received a U.S. |
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patent for their system, which is known as the Fadal-Nalebuff |
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Modified RAST, and they traveled extensively giving lectures on |
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their methodology, which is still widely used in the medical field; |
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in addition, Dr. Fadal published numerous articles in medical |
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journals and coauthored a book with Dr. Nalebuff titled RAST in |
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Clinical Allergy; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was a member of the McLennan |
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County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American |
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Medical Association, and the Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology |
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Society; he was a diplomate of the American Board of Allergy and |
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Immunology, as well as a founding fellow and former director of the |
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American In Vitro Allergy and Immunology Society and a past |
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president of the Pan American Allergy Society; moreover, he was a |
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fellow of the American Association of Certified Allergists and the |
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American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, as well as an |
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honorary fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy; and |
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WHEREAS, Among the honors conferred on Dr. Fadal were the |
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Aynesworth Award for Teaching and the Outstanding Faculty Member |
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Award, which were presented to him by the residents of the Waco |
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Family Medicine Residency Program in 2000 and 2001, respectively; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, When not engaged in his professional |
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responsibilities, Dr. Fadal delighted in spending time outdoors; he |
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especially enjoyed hunting and fishing in the company of his family |
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and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors Dr. Fadal enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Margaret, with whom he was joined in |
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matrimony on January 6, 1956, at Oak Lawn Methodist Church in |
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Dallas; over the years they were blessed with four children, Stacy, |
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Richard, Thomas, and Michael, as well as nine grandchildren and a |
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great-granddaughter; and |
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WHEREAS, An accomplished physician and a respected member of |
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his community, Dr. Richard Fadal lived a caring and purposeful |
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life, and he leaves behind a legacy that will long be treasured by |
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all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Richard George |
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Fadal and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Margaret Fadal; to his children and their spouses, |
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Stacy and Burl Coker, Richard and Jennifer Fadal, Thomas and Tracy |
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Fadal, and Michael and Debbie Fadal; to his grandchildren, Dr. Lacy |
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Kessler and her husband, Jimmy, Ashley Blossman and her husband, |
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Cody, Jennifer Salisbury and her husband, Kurt, Holly Hinojosa and |
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her husband, Kyle, Jill Fadal, Christopher Fadal and his wife, |
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Stephanie, Tyler Fadal, Kyle Fadal, and Colt Fadal; to his |
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great-granddaughter, Katherine Kessler; to his sisters and |
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brothers-in-law, Mary and Jack Holstein and Caroline and James |
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Hurst; and to his other relatives and friends; 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. Richard |
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George Fadal. |