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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Lubbock lost an admired civic leader |
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with the death of Dr. Paul Gene Meyer on March 4, 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, A neurosurgeon and veteran of the United States |
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Army, Paul Meyer served his country in the Medical Corps during the |
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Vietnam War, and he received the Army Commendation Medal; he joined |
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the surgery department at University Medical Center in 1978 when it |
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first opened as Lubbock General Hospital; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Meyer was a passionate champion of education, |
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and he took enormous pleasure in helping to design and teach the |
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basic neuroscience course for medical students at the Texas Tech |
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University Health Sciences Center; in 1995, Governor George W. Bush |
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appointed him to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners; |
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Dr. Meyer also contributed to his community as president of the |
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board of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and as a longtime Rotarian; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, Dr. Meyer shared a fulfilling |
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relationship with his wife, Marie, and he was the proud father of |
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six children, Erin, Lisa, Gregory, Morgan, Kerry, and Nick; with |
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the passing years, he experienced the joy of becoming "Grampy" to |
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seven grandchildren, Hannah, Noah, Emma, Eli, Isabel, Harrison, and |
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Molly; in his leisure time, he enjoyed socializing with friends and |
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loved ones and playing the banjo; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Paul Meyer is deeply missed by those he left |
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behind, but his dedication to his family, his community, and the |
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medical profession will forever remain a source of inspiration; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Paul Gene Meyer; |
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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 his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Paul |
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Gene Meyer. |