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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Respected speech pathologist Carmen Pagan is being |
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honored as a 2015 Pillar of Success by The University of Texas-Pan |
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American Alumni Association at its Alumni Ball on February 27, |
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2015; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year, the UTPA Alumni Association celebrates a |
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select group of distinguished alumni for their professional |
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excellence and for their service to the community and their alma |
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mater; and |
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WHEREAS, Carmen Pagan earned her bachelor's and master's |
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degrees in communication disorders from UTPA in 1987 and 1989, |
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respectively, and over the past two decades, she has achieved a |
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sterling reputation with her clinical work as a bilingual |
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speech-language pathologist, specializing in the treatment of |
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children with neuromuscular disorders; and |
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WHEREAS, This accomplished woman is a co-owner and executive |
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board member of Milestones Therapeutic Associates; she holds |
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membership in both the American and Texas Speech-Language-Hearing |
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Associations and has chaired the certification committee of the |
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Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Pagan has also given generously of her time and |
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talents as a member of several state advisory panels; she is |
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currently serving as chair of the Governor's Commission for Women, |
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a group to which she was first appointed by Governor Rick Perry in |
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2005, and she has served on the State Health Services Council; |
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engaged in constructive endeavors at the local level as well, she is |
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a sustaining member of the Junior League of McAllen; and |
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WHEREAS, Benefiting from the solid educational foundation |
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that she received at UTPA, Carmen Pagan has made a positive |
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difference in the lives of countless children and demonstrated her |
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commitment to her community and her state, and she is indeed a |
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worthy recipient of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Carmen Pagan on her selection as a |
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2015 Pillar of Success by The University of Texas-Pan American |
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Alumni Association and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success and 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. Pagan as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Canales |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 585 was adopted by the House on |
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February 26, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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