85R20696 JGH-D

By: Zerwas H.R. No. 1351

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, For more than four decades, Dr. James W. Kennedy has been a leader in the dental community in Houston and across the Lone Star State; and

WHEREAS, Jim Kennedy graduated from the oral and maxillofacial surgery program of the School of Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 1971; and

WHEREAS, For the next 35 years, Dr. Kennedy maintained a successful private practice as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Houston and Sugar Land; at various times, he served as president of the Houston, Texas, and Southwestern Societies of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; and

WHEREAS, After leaving private practice in 2006, Dr. Kennedy joined the faculty of the School of Dentistry at UTHSC; in that role, he served as chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Ben Taub General Hospital, training residents and student dentists there and at Memorial Hermann Hospital; he retired from the department in 2011; and

WHEREAS, This dynamic and gifted medical professional also helped to regulate the practice of dentistry across the state as a member and presiding officer of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners; he retired from the board after 10 years' service in 2014; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Kennedy's commitment to the highest standards of his profession has greatly benefited his patients and the dental field in Texas, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby commend Dr. James W. Kennedy for his long record of service as a distinguished member of the dental profession and extend to him best wishes for the future; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Dr. Kennedy as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.