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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Smith Wright, a health care executive |
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with more than 30 years of leadership experience, has been named an |
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Outstanding Texan by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; and |
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WHEREAS, A registered nurse since 1973, Sandra Wright earned |
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her associate degree at Angelina College, her master's degree in |
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public affairs at The University of Texas at Dallas, and both her |
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bachelor's degree in nursing and her doctorate in educational |
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leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University; earlier in her |
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career, she worked for home health care providers, including |
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Concepts of Care in Dallas, where she held a number of leadership |
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roles during her notable 23-year tenure; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2001, Dr. Wright took the reins as CEO of the |
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Tyler County Hospital District in Woodville, which consists of a |
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49-bed hospital, a rural health clinic, a vocational school of |
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nursing, and an associated charitable foundation; she guided the |
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hospital system for 17 years until her recent retirement in October |
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2018; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her community and generous with her time |
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and talents, Dr. Wright has served on the boards of the Houston |
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Methodist Hospital, the Burke Center in Lufkin, the Texas Hospital |
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Insurance Exchange in Austin, and the American Hospital Association |
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in Chicago; in addition, she is a licensed ordained minister who has |
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pastored several United Methodist Churches, and she is a past |
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president of the Tyler County Chamber of Commerce; she has been |
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honored with the Pioneer Award by the Texas Hospital Association in |
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2006 and named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International in 2017; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Wright has greatly benefited her fellow |
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citizens through her professional and civic contributions, and she |
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may indeed reflect with pride on her lifetime of service; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Sandra Smith Wright on |
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receiving an Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative |
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Black Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Wright as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |