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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ginny Levenback and Dr. Charles Levenback have |
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greatly distinguished themselves through their long record of |
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dedicated service to the citizens of Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Ginny Levenback worked for 20 years as a corporate |
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transactional and regulatory attorney at the United Gas Pipeline |
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Company and Williams; in 2005, she founded Levenback & Associates, |
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where she acted as general counsel for two start-up companies and |
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handled legal matters including mediation, entertainment law, |
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contract drafting and negotiation, real estate, and Holocaust-era |
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restitution claims; a cancer survivor, she currently works as a |
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coach for individuals facing personal and professional transitions |
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and serves on the leadership team at Unity of Houston; she is a |
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graduate of St. Lawrence University, The University of Texas School |
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of Law, and the Center for Houston's Future Leadership Forum; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than three decades, Dr. Levenback served as |
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a gynecological oncologist at The University of Texas MD Anderson |
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Cancer Center, and he also held administrative roles such as chief |
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quality officer and chief professionalism officer; over the course |
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of his career, he pioneered sentinel node biopsy in women with |
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gynecologic cancer; a world-class oncologist, he earned an |
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unparalleled reputation for his bedside manner, and he helped one |
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cancer patient launch a campaign to obtain an experimental drug |
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that was considered safe for use; he and his wife formed a skilled |
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and supportive team who worked together to help countless patients; |
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a graduate of McGill University, Dr. Levenback attended Albert |
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Einstein College of Medicine, and he also studied at the Icahn |
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School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Memorial Sloan Kettering |
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Cancer Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Native New Yorkers, the Levenbacks are longtime |
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residents of the Bayou City, and they take great pride in their two |
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sons, Sam and Ben, their daughter-in-law, Melissa, and their |
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grandson, Simon; they volunteer at a local public school and are |
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valued supporters of Houston's professional sports teams; |
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partnering with one of Dr. Levenback's patients, the couple |
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established the Levenback Family Endowment Fund at Holocaust Museum |
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Houston, which will generate income to support changing |
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exhibitions, archival preservations, and social justice |
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educational activities; the museum also received an important |
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collection of documents, furniture, art, and photographs from the |
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Levenback family; Dr. Levenback's mother, Hedwig Basch Levenback, |
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was one of 10,000 Jewish children evacuated from Germany and |
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Austria to England on the Kindertransport, and the donation became |
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the core of the museum's Uprooted exhibit in 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Our communities draw immeasurable strength from |
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individuals such as Ginny and Charles Levenback, whose generosity |
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and civic engagement have made a positive and lasting difference in |
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Houston; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Ginny Levenback and Dr. Charles Levenback |
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for their contributions to the Houston community and extend to them |
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sincere 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. and Mrs. Levenback as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |