Bill Text: TX HR1935 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Captain Dr. TeCora Ballom on her selection as a Women's History Month honoree of the Southeast Dallas Business and Professional Women's Senior and Youth Clubs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-16 - Reported enrolled [HR1935 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1935-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1935 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Southeast Dallas Business and Professional | ||
| Women's Senior and Youth Clubs honored Captain Dr. TeCora Ballom on | ||
| March 16, 2013, for her achievements in the field of medicine; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An affiliate of the National Association of Negro | ||
| Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., the local | ||
| organization each year celebrates Women's History Month with a | ||
| special program; the 2013 event recognized the work of four | ||
| outstanding women from the Dallas area who are excelling in the | ||
| fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), areas | ||
| in which women are often underrepresented; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Dr. Jesse Jones and Labelle Jones, | ||
| TeCora Ballom graduated from Bishop College, attended medical | ||
| school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, and | ||
| completed her postgraduate training at Detroit Osteopathic | ||
| Hospital; a captain in the United States Public Health Service, | ||
| Dr. Ballom has practiced medicine for nine years and is a | ||
| board-certified osteopathic family physician; she currently serves | ||
| as the medical director for the Federal Bureau of Prisons South | ||
| Central Region, overseeing health services for 44,000 inmates in | ||
| the area's 16 federal prisons; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through her years of hard work and dedicated study, | ||
| TeCora Ballom has set an inspiring example for young African | ||
| American women who hope to pursue a career in STEM-related fields, | ||
| and she is indeed deserving of this notable honor; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Captain Dr. TeCora Ballom on her | ||
| selection as a Women's History Month honoree of the Southeast | ||
| Dallas Business and Professional Women's Senior and Youth Clubs and | ||
| commend her for her outstanding career in medicine; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Ballom as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Davis of Dallas | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1935 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 15, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
