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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, March 2, 2013, was indeed a special day for Courtney |
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Zubowski and Dr. Eric Haas of Houston, for on that day they were |
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united in marriage at the Corinthian by Rabbi Brian Strauss; and |
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WHEREAS, A Houston native, Ms. Zubowski attended high school |
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in Bellaire, where she got her start in broadcast journalism, |
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delivering news to the students as part of the school's television |
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production program; she went on to graduate from the University of |
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Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and |
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Journalism, and during her studies she was named the most |
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distinguished student in her graduating class and honored two years |
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in a row by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Zubowski began her career as a news anchor at a |
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television station in Beaumont, winning several awards for her |
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coverage and sharing in an Edward R. Murrow Award bestowed on the |
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station; she then worked as a television news reporter in Phoenix |
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and also contributed to reports for Headline News and CNN; she |
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returned to Houston in 2008 to join KHOU Channel 11 as a reporter; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A double board-certified colorectal surgeon, |
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Dr. Haas has been named among the top one percent of doctors in the |
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country by U.S. News and World Report; he is a member of Colorectal |
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Surgical Associates in Houston and also serves as chief of the |
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division of colon and rectal surgery and director of clinical |
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research and quality outcomes at University General Hospital; |
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moreover, he is a faculty surgeon at St. Luke's, The Methodist, and |
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Memorial Hermann Hospitals; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Haas earned his medical degree from The |
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University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where he was |
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inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society; he |
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completed his residency at St. Joseph Hospital and took part in |
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fellowship training through The University of Texas Medical School |
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Fellowship Program; he serves as the director of a surgery |
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fellowship program at UT Medical School in Houston and is a member |
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of the teaching faculty at the Baylor College of Medicine; he and |
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his research fellows have published widely and have presented at |
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surgical meetings throughout the world; and |
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WHEREAS, The wedding of Ms. Zubowski and Dr. Haas marks a |
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profound deepening of a relationship that has grown in trust, |
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devotion, and mutual respect, and it is a pleasure to honor them as |
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they begin a new chapter of their lives together; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Courtney Zubowski and Dr. Eric |
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Haas on their wedding and extend to them sincere best wishes for |
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continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Zubowski and Dr. Hass as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |