H.R. No. 1157
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Dr. Mary Jane Hamilton of Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi has been chosen to receive the 2015
Georgia Regents University College of Nursing Phoebe Kandel Rohrer
Distinguished Alumna and Presidential Alumna Awards; and
WHEREAS, These two accolades are presented each year by the
College of Nursing at Georgia Regents University to honor
professional excellence and contributions to the profession; and
WHEREAS, The founding dean of the College of Nursing and
Health Sciences at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi,
Dr. Hamilton earned her nursing degree from the Medical College of
Georgia at Georgia Regents University in 1960; she went on to earn a
master's degree in psychology at Texas A&M University--Kingsville
in 1974 and a Ph.D. in nursing at Texas Woman's University in 1992;
and
WHEREAS, This distinguished educator has worked with nursing
students in Corpus Christi since 1964, when she joined the faculty
of the James R. Dougherty School of Nursing at Spohn Hospital; she
went on to teach for 25 years at Del Mar College, and in 1993, she
joined Texas A&M--Corpus Christi as a professor of nursing; she
became the school's director of the College of Nursing and Health
Sciences in 2002, and since 2004, she has served as dean of the
college; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hamilton has been active in such professional
organizations as the American Nurses Association, the Texas Nurses
Association, and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and she has
found time to give back to her community as a board member of the
Corpus Christi Medical Center, the Coastal Bend Wellness
Foundation, and the Regional Health Awareness Board; and
WHEREAS, The skill and commitment that Dr. Mary Jane Hamilton
has brought to her many responsibilities have greatly benefited the
people of Corpus Christi, and she is indeed deserving of these
prestigious awards from her alma mater; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Mary Jane Hamilton on her
receipt of the 2015 Georgia Regents University College of Nursing
Phoebe Kandel Rohrer Distinguished Alumna and Presidential Alumna
Awards and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success
and happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Dr. Hamilton as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Herrero
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1157 was adopted by the House on March
19, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House