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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Richard Lange became the founding president of |
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| 6 | 7 | | the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso in July |
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| 7 | 8 | | 2014; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, A distinguished cardiologist and gifted |
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| 9 | 10 | | administrator, Dr. Lange also serves as dean of the Paul L. Foster |
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| 10 | 11 | | School of Medicine at Texas Tech; he previously served for six years |
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| 11 | 12 | | as vice chair of medicine and director of educational programs at |
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| 12 | 13 | | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where |
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| 13 | 14 | | he is a tenured professor; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, From 2004 to 2008, Dr. Lange was the chief of |
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| 15 | 16 | | clinical cardiology and the E. Cowles Andrus Professor at Johns |
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| 16 | 17 | | Hopkins Hospital; while there, he spearheaded efforts to raise |
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| 17 | 18 | | funds for a new hospital, establish new satellite clinical |
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| 18 | 19 | | programs, and increase research funding by 60 percent, to nearly |
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| 19 | 20 | | $40 million; moreover, he launched what is considered the first |
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| 20 | 21 | | medical podcast, and PodMED remains one of the most popular of its |
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| 21 | 22 | | kind; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Lange completed his bachelor's degree in |
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| 23 | 24 | | biochemistry at the University of North Texas and went on to |
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| 24 | 25 | | graduate from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; |
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| 25 | 26 | | following an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he |
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| 26 | 27 | | pursued a fellowship in cardiology at UT Southwestern; he then |
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| 27 | 28 | | joined the faculty and became director of the Cardiac |
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| 28 | 29 | | Catheterization Laboratory; for many years, he also served as |
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| 29 | 30 | | fellowship program director, and he held the Jonsson-Rogers Chair |
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| 30 | 31 | | in Cardiology and led the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Center for |
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| 31 | 32 | | Cardiovascular Research; while a tenured professor at Johns |
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| 32 | 33 | | Hopkins, he earned an MBA from its Carey Business School; and |
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| 33 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, Dr. Lange has published more than |
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| 34 | 35 | | 300 journal articles and book chapters as an active clinical |
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| 35 | 36 | | investigator in cardiology; he is a member of the editorial boards |
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| 36 | 37 | | of numerous journals, and he served on the FDA Circulatory System |
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| 37 | 38 | | Devices Panel; in addition, he has served as president of the |
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| 38 | 39 | | American Heart Association Texas Affiliate, and he is the recipient |
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| 39 | 40 | | of myriad teaching awards from students, residents, and fellows; |
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| 40 | 41 | | and |
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| 41 | 42 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lange has brought to his position a rare |
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| 42 | 43 | | combination of leadership ability, medical expertise, and academic |
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| 43 | 44 | | distinction, and he is uniquely qualified to establish a tradition |
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| 44 | 45 | | of excellence at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
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| 45 | 46 | | El Paso; now, therefore, be it |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 47 | 48 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Richard Lange on his |
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| 48 | 49 | | appointment as the inaugural president of the Texas Tech University |
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| 49 | 50 | | Health Sciences Center El Paso and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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| 50 | 51 | | for continued success in his important work; and, be it further |
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| 51 | 52 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 52 | 53 | | prepared for Dr. Lange as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 53 | 54 | | House of Representatives. |
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