Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 783
2	2	In Memory
3	3	of
4	4	Waun Ki Hong
5	5	WHEREAS, Trailblazing scientist Dr. Waun Ki Hong died on
6	6	January 2, 2019, at the age of 76, bringing a great loss to
7	7	oncological medicine and to his colleagues at The University of
8	8	Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and
9	9	WHEREAS, The son of Sung Koo Hong and Bok Young Shin, Ki
10	10	Hong was born in Korea on August 13, 1942; he graduated from
11	11	Yonsei University College of Medicine and served as a flight
12	12	surgeon in the South Korean Air Force during the Vietnam War; on
13	13	September 6, 1969, he married the love of his life, Mi Hwa, and
14	14	the following year, they immigrated to the United States; the
15	15	couple were blessed with two sons, Ed and Burt, and they later
16	16	welcomed into their family four grandchildren, Elizabeth,
17	17	Daniel, William, and Vivienne; and
18	18	WHEREAS, Dr. Hong completed his internship at
19	19	Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in New York City, his residency at the
20	20	Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boston, and a fellowship at
21	21	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York; returning to
22	22	the VA Medical Center as chief of medical oncology, he helped
23	23	establish its training program and led a series of landmark
24	24	laryngeal cancer trials that transformed treatment of the
25	25	disease and laid a foundation for organ preservation in numerous
26	26	cancer types; he joined MD Anderson in 1984 as section chief in
27	27	head and neck medical oncology; earning recognition as "the
28	28	father of chemoprevention," he conducted research leading to
29	29	targeted therapies, allowing the identification and treatment of
30	30	people at high risk of cancer and the fine-tuning of therapies
31	31	for individuals; he led the Division of Cancer Medicine from 2001
32	32	until his retirement in 2014 and then continued to serve as a
33	33	special advisor; and
34	34	WHEREAS, Over the years, Dr. Hong authored nearly 700
35	35	articles, edited 11 major books, and served on the editorial
36	36	boards of 17 scientific journals; he received over $70 million in
37	37	research funding, and he was recognized with numerous honors,
38	38	including the American Cancer Society Medal of Honor, as well as
39	39	awards from the American Association for Cancer Research, which
40	40	he served as president, and the American Society of Clinical
41	41	Oncology; he took greatest pride in having trained hundreds of
42	42	oncologists, and in 2016, the AACR established the Waun Ki Hong
43	43	Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical
44	44	Cancer Research to encourage young scientists; and
45	45	WHEREAS, Ki Hong's groundbreaking research has extended
46	46	and improved the lives of countless cancer patients, and he has
47	47	left a further legacy through the many scientists and physicians
48	48	he mentored over the course of his accomplished career; now,
49	49	therefore, be it
50	50	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
51	51	Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Waun Ki Hong
52	52	and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn his passing; and,
53	53	be it further
54	54	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
55	55	prepared for his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns
56	56	this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Waun Ki Hong.
57	57	Miles
58	58	________________________________
59	59	President of the Senate
60	60	I hereby certify that the
61	61	above Resolution was adopted by
62	62	the Senate on May 21, 2019, by a
63	63	rising vote.
64	64	________________________________
65	65	Secretary of the Senate
66	66	________________________________
67	67	Member, Texas Senate