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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 56
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In Memory |
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Katherine Lindley Spaht Dodson |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Dr. Katherine Lindley Spaht Dodson, who |
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died tragically at the age of 43 on January 26, 2021; and |
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WHEREAS, A caring, brilliant, and gifted individual, |
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Lindley Dodson was a highly esteemed citizen and physician, and |
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she inspired her many friends, colleagues, and loved ones through |
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her joyful spirit, her easy laughter, and her selfless example; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Born on June 30, 1977, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, |
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Lindley Spaht earned her diploma from the Episcopal High School |
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of Baton Rouge in 1995; she went on to graduate magna cum laude |
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from Washington and Lee University, where she met her future |
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husband, Frederick Drew Dodson; she attended medical school at |
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Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and |
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completed her residency in pediatrics at Vanderbilt Children's |
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Hospital; she later served as an urgent care physician at Boston |
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Children's Hospital and as an instructor at Harvard Medical |
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School; and |
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WHEREAS, Lindley married Drew Dodson in 2006, and they |
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moved to Austin the following year; she joined the staff at Dell |
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Children's Medical Center as a pediatric hospitalist and served |
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as a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics at Dell |
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Medical School; she was twice honored as the Pediatric Faculty |
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Member of the Year during her 10 years of outstanding service; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, She established her practice at Children's |
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Medical Group in 2017, and she proudly became an owner of the |
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organization in 2020; she served as a trusted pediatrician to |
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countless Austin families and was a much-valued mentor to the |
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Austin medical community; she was a passionate advocate for |
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children and a model of professional excellence, and she was |
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treasured by her patients and their parents for the special |
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attention and care she gave to each; and |
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WHEREAS, In her personal life, Lindley delighted in |
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attending festivals and was a lifelong Louisiana State |
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University fan; she was a source of strength and joy to her family |
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and friends, and she cherished spending time with her beloved |
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husband and their three beautiful children, Shaw, Tucker, and |
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Loretta; and |
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WHEREAS, Lindley Dodson was a shining light of warmth and |
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compassion to the many who were blessed to know her, and she |
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will long be remembered with profound respect and admiration |
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by all who were privileged to share in her life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Dr. Katherine Lindley Spaht Dodson; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Lindley Dodson. |
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Eckhardt |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 9, 2021, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |