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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Mary Jane Hamilton of Texas A&M |
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University--Corpus Christi has been chosen to receive the 2015 |
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Georgia Regents University College of Nursing Phoebe Kandel Rohrer |
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Distinguished Alumna and Presidential Alumna Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, These two accolades are presented each year by the |
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College of Nursing at Georgia Regents University to honor |
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professional excellence and contributions to the profession; and |
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WHEREAS, The founding dean of the College of Nursing and |
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Health Sciences at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, |
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Dr. Hamilton earned her nursing degree from the Medical College of |
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Georgia at Georgia Regents University in 1960; she went on to earn a |
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master's degree in psychology at Texas A&M University--Kingsville |
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in 1974 and a Ph.D. in nursing at Texas Woman's University in 1992; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This distinguished educator has worked with nursing |
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students in Corpus Christi since 1964, when she joined the faculty |
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of the James R. Dougherty School of Nursing at Spohn Hospital; she |
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went on to teach for 25 years at Del Mar College, and in 1993, she |
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joined Texas A&M--Corpus Christi as a professor of nursing; she |
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became the school's director of the College of Nursing and Health |
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Sciences in 2002, and since 2004, she has served as dean of the |
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college; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Hamilton has been active in such professional |
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organizations as the American Nurses Association, the Texas Nurses |
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Association, and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and she has |
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found time to give back to her community as a board member of the |
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Corpus Christi Medical Center, the Coastal Bend Wellness |
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Foundation, and the Regional Health Awareness Board; and |
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WHEREAS, The skill and commitment that Dr. Mary Jane Hamilton |
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has brought to her many responsibilities have greatly benefited the |
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people of Corpus Christi, and she is indeed deserving of these |
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prestigious awards from her alma mater; 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 Dr. Mary Jane Hamilton on her |
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receipt of the 2015 Georgia Regents University College of Nursing |
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Phoebe Kandel Rohrer Distinguished Alumna and Presidential Alumna |
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Awards and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success |
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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 Dr. Hamilton as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |