85R20696 JGH-D
By: Zerwas H.R. No. 1351
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, For more than four decades, Dr. James W. Kennedy has
been a leader in the dental community in Houston and across the Lone
Star State; and
WHEREAS, Jim Kennedy graduated from the oral and
maxillofacial surgery program of the School of Dentistry at The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 1971; and
WHEREAS, For the next 35 years, Dr. Kennedy maintained a
successful private practice as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in
Houston and Sugar Land; at various times, he served as president of
the Houston, Texas, and Southwestern Societies of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgeons; and
WHEREAS, After leaving private practice in 2006, Dr. Kennedy
joined the faculty of the School of Dentistry at UTHSC; in that
role, he served as chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Ben
Taub General Hospital, training residents and student dentists
there and at Memorial Hermann Hospital; he retired from the
department in 2011; and
WHEREAS, This dynamic and gifted medical professional also
helped to regulate the practice of dentistry across the state as a
member and presiding officer of the Texas State Board of Dental
Examiners; he retired from the board after 10 years' service in
2014; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kennedy's commitment to the highest standards
of his profession has greatly benefited his patients and the dental
field in Texas, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career
well spent; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Dr. James W. Kennedy for his long record
of service as a distinguished member of the dental profession and
extend to him best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Dr. Kennedy as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.