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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Southeast Dallas Business and Professional |
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Women's Senior and Youth Clubs honored Dr. Melanie Belt on March |
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16, 2013, for her achievements in the field of medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, An affiliate of the National Association of Negro |
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Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., the local |
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organization each year celebrates Women's History Month with a |
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special program; the 2013 event recognized the work of four |
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outstanding women from the Dallas area who are excelling in the |
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fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), areas |
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in which women are often underrepresented; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of James and Mollie Belt, Melanie Belt |
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was the salutatorian of her graduating class at Kimball High School |
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and earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Xavier University |
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of Louisiana; she went on to attend The University of Texas Medical |
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School at Houston and completed her residency in obstetrics and |
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gynecology at Texas Tech University; in 2007, she joined the staff |
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of the Austin Regional Clinic, and today she serves as the managing |
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partner of the clinic's South Austin office, overseeing the work of |
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7 physicians and 30 employees; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her years of hard work and dedicated study, |
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Melanie Belt has set an inspiring example for young African |
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American women who hope to pursue a career in STEM-related fields, |
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and she is indeed deserving of this notable honor; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Melanie Belt on her selection |
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as a Women's History Month honoree of the Southeast Dallas Business |
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and Professional Women's Senior and Youth Clubs and commend her for |
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her outstanding career in medicine; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Belt as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |