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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE RESOLUTION 5 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Akbari |
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| 8 | 8 | | SR0005 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 001551 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Dr. Priscilla Davis on |
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| 13 | 13 | | the celebration of her eightieth birthday. |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, it is fitting that we pay tribute to those citizens who are celebrating special |
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| 16 | 16 | | occasions in their estimable lives; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Priscilla Davis will celebrate her eightieth birthday this year, a milestone |
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| 18 | 18 | | that will be commemorated as yet another precious souvenir of life's rich pageant; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Davis, at the age of only nine, demonstrated fearless courage and |
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| 20 | 20 | | perseverance in her fight with polio, even after her doctors told her that she would be unable to |
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| 21 | 21 | | use her right arm for the rest of her life; she struggled through recuperation without a physical |
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| 22 | 22 | | therapist due to segregation, and she managed to make a complete recovery and go on to live |
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| 23 | 23 | | an active life; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, she studied at both the University of Buffalo and Buffalo State University, |
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| 25 | 25 | | earning her doctorate in communicative disorders, and went on to teach for over thirty years |
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| 26 | 26 | | combined at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas for Medical |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sciences; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, a tireless advocate and laborer for those who experience auditory or |
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| 29 | 29 | | linguistic difficulties, Dr. Davis was a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing |
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| 30 | 30 | | Association for forty-five years; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, she moved to teach at the University of Alabama, where she, for over a |
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| 32 | 32 | | decade, enlightened her students in such subjects as speech development, articulation |
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| 33 | 33 | | disorders, multicultural issues, diagnostics, and phonetics; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Davis exhibited her aptitude for effective leadership at the University of |
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| 39 | 39 | | Alabama as a member of the Faculty Senate, the chairman of the Promotion and Tenure |
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| 40 | 40 | | Committee, and the president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | WHEREAS, committed to racial equality on campus and beyond, she served as the |
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| 42 | 42 | | faculty advisor to the NAACP; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, as she enters her eightieth year, Dr. Davis, admired for her wisdom, spirit of |
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| 44 | 44 | | generosity, integrity, and enthusiasm for life, still exudes the goodness that is so |
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| 45 | 45 | | characteristically hers; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | WHEREAS, we wish to grasp this golden opportunity to specially recognize one of |
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| 47 | 47 | | Tennessee's most outstanding citizens on this very special occasion; now, therefore, |
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| 48 | 48 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH |
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| 49 | 49 | | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, that we hereby honor and |
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| 50 | 50 | | congratulate Dr. Priscilla Davis on the celebration of her eightieth birthday and extend to her our |
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| 51 | 51 | | best wishes for many happy returns of the day. |
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| 52 | 52 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 53 | 53 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy. |
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