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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Colonel Stefanie Watkins Nance on her 21 years of |
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distinguished military service and her exemplary leadership at |
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Joint Base San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of New York, Stefanie Watkins Nance |
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earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from the University of |
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Southern California and a doctor of medicine from Howard |
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University; she entered active duty with the United States Air |
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Force in 2004 and completed her first residency in pediatrics at |
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Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and five additional years |
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as the sole staff pediatrician at Goodfellow Air Force Base in |
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San Angelo; and |
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WHEREAS, This devoted surgeon and administrator earned |
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recognition as chief of medical staff for the 82nd Medical Group |
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at Sheppard Air Force Base, and she went on to earn a master's |
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degree in public health from The University of Texas at Austin in |
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2015 while contributing her expertise as a legislative aide for |
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Senator Royce West; and |
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WHEREAS, In the course of her distinguished career, |
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Colonel Watkins Nance has attained certification as an aerospace |
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medicine specialist and as a certified physician executive, and |
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she has provided pivotal leadership in operational medicine, |
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aerospace medicine, and public health roles throughout such |
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major events as the COVID-19 pandemic and the United States' |
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withdrawal from Afghanistan; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel Watkins Nance was assigned to Joint Base |
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San Antonio in August of 2023 to serve as a medical member of the |
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Formal Physical Education Board, and she is retiring as |
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department chair of Primary Care Services at the 59th Medical |
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Operations Group, where she has provided strategic, clinical, |
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and administrative direction for the Air Force's largest |
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military treatment facility and sole ambulatory surgical center |
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since September of 2024; and |
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WHEREAS, A highly decorated medical expert, Colonel |
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Watkins Nance is a member of numerous professional associations |
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and has earned highly revered awards and decorations, including a |
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Meritorious Service Award with three oak leaf clusters and the |
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Chief of the Medical Staff Commitment to Excellence Award; her |
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work has advanced military medical readiness, strengthened |
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health policy, and expanded access to quality health care for |
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countless service members and their families, and she is truly |
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deserving of recognition for her more than two decades of |
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patriotic service; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Colonel Stefanie |
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Watkins Nance on her exemplary career of service and her devotion |
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in the line of duty and extend to her best wishes in all her |
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endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |