| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1688 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams was named the seventh |
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| 6 | 6 | | president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at |
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| 7 | 7 | | Fort Worth on September 12, 2022, and with that appointment, she |
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| 8 | 8 | | became the first Black woman to lead a health science center in the |
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| 9 | 9 | | State of Texas; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, A trailblazer throughout her career, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Dr. Trent-Adams began her work in public health when she joined the |
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| 12 | 12 | | United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in 1992; she |
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| 13 | 13 | | went on to become the first Black woman to serve the organization as |
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| 14 | 14 | | deputy surgeon general, and she later retired at the rank of rear |
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| 15 | 15 | | admiral upper half in 2020; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, As the U.S. deputy surgeon general from 2015 to |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2018, she was a trusted advisor to the surgeon general on a variety |
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| 18 | 18 | | of critical issues, including federal efforts to combat the opioid |
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| 19 | 19 | | crisis; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Trent-Adams received her bachelor's degree in |
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| 21 | 21 | | nursing from Hampton University and both her master's degree in |
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| 22 | 22 | | nursing and health policy and her doctorate in public policy from |
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| 23 | 23 | | the University of Maryland; through her outstanding work as a |
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| 24 | 24 | | nurse-researcher, she earned the Florence Nightingale Medal from |
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| 25 | 25 | | the International Committee of the Red Cross, the highest |
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| 26 | 26 | | international honor bestowed upon a nursing professional; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams has demonstrated a |
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| 28 | 28 | | longstanding commitment to research, education, patient care, and |
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| 29 | 29 | | public service, and she may indeed reflect with pride on all that |
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| 30 | 30 | | she has achieved as she takes on the challenges of her new role; |
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| 31 | 31 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | Legislature hereby commend Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams on her |
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| 34 | 34 | | appointment as president of the University of North Texas Health |
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| 35 | 35 | | Science Center at Fort Worth and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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| 36 | 36 | | for a successful and productive tenure; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 38 | 38 | | prepared for Dr. Trent-Adams as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 39 | 39 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Geren |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 43 | 43 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1688 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 44 | 44 | | 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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