| 2 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 7 | | recognize Dr. Wendell Edgin as an exemplary Texas citizen and on |
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| 4 | 8 | | his outstanding career as a physician, educator, and dedicated |
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| 5 | 9 | | public health professional; and |
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| 6 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Edgin is an esteemed oral and maxillofacial |
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| 7 | 11 | | surgeon who served the nation with distinction in the United |
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| 8 | 12 | | States Air Force for more than two decades and who has shaped a |
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| 9 | 13 | | rewarding career of service on behalf of the citizens of Texas |
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| 10 | 14 | | and the United States; and |
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| 11 | 15 | | WHEREAS, A fifth-generation Texan, Dr. Edgin completed his |
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| 12 | 16 | | residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force |
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| 13 | 17 | | Base in San Antonio in 1990 after earning degrees from Texas Tech |
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| 14 | 18 | | University and The University of Texas School of Dentistry in |
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| 15 | 19 | | Houston; he led the graduate oral and maxillofacial surgery |
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| 16 | 20 | | program at Wilford Hall as director and department chair and |
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| 17 | 21 | | served as the special consultant in oral and maxillofacial |
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| 18 | 22 | | surgery to the Surgeon General, and he concluded his military |
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| 19 | 23 | | career in 2001 with the rank of colonel and with accolades |
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| 20 | 24 | | including the Legion of Merit; and |
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| 21 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Edgin went on to teach as an associate |
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| 22 | 26 | | professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San |
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| 23 | 27 | | Antonio, where he served as a mentor to hundreds of aspiring |
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| 24 | 28 | | physicians and maintained a faculty practice before joining |
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| 25 | 29 | | Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates in 2006; and |
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| 26 | 30 | | WHEREAS, An esteemed educator and expert in his field, Dr. |
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| 27 | 31 | | Edgin has authored numerous academic articles and has published |
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| 28 | 32 | | extensive research on oral and maxillofacial medicine; he has |
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| 29 | 33 | | served in leadership positions in professional organizations |
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| 30 | 34 | | including the Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, |
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| 31 | 35 | | the Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the |
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| 32 | 36 | | San Antonio District Dental Society; and |
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| 33 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Throughout the past four decades, Dr. Edgin's |
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| 34 | 38 | | care and expertise have greatly benefited his patients and have |
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| 35 | 39 | | earned him the respect and admiration of his colleagues and |
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| 36 | 40 | | professionals in his field; his commitment to excellence in his |
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| 37 | 41 | | pursuits and his valuable contributions to our state and nation |
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| 38 | 42 | | are indeed deserving of special recognition, and he can reflect |
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| 39 | 43 | | with pride on his distinguished career and his many |
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| 40 | 44 | | accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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| 41 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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| 42 | 46 | | Legislature, hereby commend Dr. Wendell Edgin on more than four |
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| 43 | 47 | | decades of devoted service as a medical professional and to |
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| 44 | 48 | | education in the field of medicine and extend to him best wishes |
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| 45 | 49 | | for continued success in all of his endeavors; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 50 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 47 | 51 | | him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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