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1	1	H.R. No. 2249
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, The caring and purposeful life of Douglas Allison
6	6	Carmichael of Austin drew to a close on May 7, 2009, at the age of
7	7	59; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Born on June 21, 1949, in Berkeley, California, Doug
9	9	Carmichael was the son of Donald and Pat Carmichael; he answered his
10	10	nation's call to duty in 1969 and was a medic for the U.S. Army 101st
11	11	Airborne Division during the Vietnam War; he went on to earn both a
12	12	bachelor's degree and a medical degree from the University of New
13	13	Mexico, and along the way, he returned to the military as a member
14	14	of the Army Reserve; he received advanced training in chemical and
15	15	biological casualty care and later served as an instructor in
16	16	advanced trauma and cardiac life support for the U.S. Army Command
17	17	and General Staff College-Medical Corps; and
18	18	WHEREAS, After completing his residency in general surgery
19	19	and emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in
20	20	Milwaukee in 1987, Dr. Carmichael served for a year as a staff
21	21	emergency medicine physician at Brownwood Regional Hospital in
22	22	Texas; he subsequently served as commander of the 375th Medical
23	23	Detachment in Saudi Arabia and as a staff emergency physician at
24	24	Darnall Army Hospital; moreover, he actively participated in
25	25	several campaigns, including Operation Desert Storm, before
26	26	retiring from the Army Reserve with the rank of lieutenant colonel;
27	27	and
28	28	WHEREAS, In 2000, following service on the emergency medical
29	29	staff of Round Rock Hospital, Dr. Carmichael retired from the
30	30	full-time practice of emergency medicine, however he remained in
31	31	the field as a registered medical sonographer; he provided
32	32	ultrasound instruction to emergency physicians, and he later went
33	33	back to treating patients part-time at Austin area urgent care
34	34	centers; and
35	35	WHEREAS, Dr. Carmichael gave back to his profession as a
36	36	member of numerous organizations; during medical school, he was
37	37	elected as a student member of the American Medical Association,
38	38	and in 1983, he was a student delegate to the AMA House of
39	39	Delegates; as his career progressed, he joined the Texas Medical
40	40	Association, which he served as chair of the TMA Committee on Trauma
41	41	and EMS, and the Texas College of Emergency Physicians, which he
42	42	served as a member of the membership and legislative committees; he
43	43	was honored with a Council Teamwork Award, and he was selected as a
44	44	fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians; and
45	45	WHEREAS, Dr. Carmichael was an avid distance runner and
46	46	bicyclist who took great pleasure in the outdoors; although he was
47	47	diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1995, he continued to pursue
48	48	physical activity and especially enjoyed taking part in two major
49	49	MS fund-raisers, the BP MS 150 bike ride from Austin to Houston and
50	50	the MS 150 Bike to the Beach from San Antonio to Corpus Christi; he
51	51	and some friends founded the Champions Against MS team for
52	52	participants who were struggling with the disease themselves, and
53	53	members were recognizable in their orange, black, and white jerseys
54	54	that read "I have MS That is Why I Ride"; and
55	55	WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Doug Carmichael distinguished
56	56	himself as a talented physician, a patriotic American, and a
57	57	devoted friend and loved one, and memories of him will forever be
58	58	cherished by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it
59	59	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
60	60	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Douglas Allison
61	61	Carmichael and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his
62	62	family: to his wife, Loise King Waller; to his children, U.S. Marine
63	63	Corporal Hunter Allison Carmichael, Danielle Suzanne Carmichael,
64	64	Alexis Faist Largent and her husband, William, and Caroline Waller
65	65	Faist; to his mother, Pat Carmichael; to his sisters, Beth Thompson
66	66	and her husband, Thomas, Judy Colman and her husband, David; to his
67	67	niece, Becky Thompson; to his grandchildren, Avery Simone Largent,
68	68	Rhys William Largent, and Griffin John Largent; and to his other
69	69	relatives and many friends; and, be it further
70	70	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
71	71	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
72	72	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Douglas
73	73	Allison Carmichael.
74	74	Howard of Travis
75	75	______________________________
76	76	Speaker of the House
77	77	I certify that H.R. No. 2249 was unanimously adopted by a
78	78	rising vote of the House on May 25, 2009.
79	79	______________________________
80	80	Chief Clerk of the House