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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than four decades, Dr. James W. Kennedy has |
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been a leader in the dental community in Houston and across the Lone |
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Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, Jim Kennedy graduated from the oral and |
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maxillofacial surgery program of the School of Dentistry at The |
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 1971; and |
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WHEREAS, For the next 35 years, Dr. Kennedy maintained a |
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successful private practice as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in |
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Houston and Sugar Land; at various times, he served as president of |
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the Houston, Texas, and Southwestern Societies of Oral and |
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Maxillofacial Surgeons; and |
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WHEREAS, After leaving private practice in 2006, Dr. Kennedy |
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joined the faculty of the School of Dentistry at UTHSC; in that |
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role, he served as chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Ben |
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Taub General Hospital, training residents and student dentists |
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there and at Memorial Hermann Hospital; he retired from the |
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department in 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic and gifted medical professional also |
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helped to regulate the practice of dentistry across the state as a |
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member and presiding officer of the Texas State Board of Dental |
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Examiners; he retired from the board after 10 years' service in |
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2014; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Kennedy's commitment to the highest standards |
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of his profession has greatly benefited his patients and the dental |
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field in Texas, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career |
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well spent; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Dr. James W. Kennedy for his long record |
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of service as a distinguished member of the dental profession and |
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extend to him best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Kennedy as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Zerwas |
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| Allen |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Ortega |
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| Alonzo |
González of El Paso |
Paddie |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Guillen |
Perez |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Gutierrez |
Phelan |
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| Biedermann |
Howard |
Reynolds |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Isaac |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Israel |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Burkett |
Johnson of Dallas |
Romero, Jr. |
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| Burns |
Johnson of Harris |
Rose |
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| Cain |
King of Hemphill |
Schofield |
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| Canales |
King of Parker |
Schubert |
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| Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Shaheen |
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| Cosper |
Landgraf |
Stephenson |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Longoria |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Davis of Harris |
Lozano |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Dean |
Lucio III |
Tinderholt |
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| Gervin-Hawkins |
Nevárez |
Zedler |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1351 was adopted by the House on April |
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12, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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