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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Southeast Dallas Business and Professional |
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Women's Senior and Youth Clubs honored Captain Dr. TeCora Ballom on |
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March 16, 2013, for her achievements in the field of medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, An affiliate of the National Association of Negro |
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Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., the local |
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organization each year celebrates Women's History Month with a |
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special program; the 2013 event recognized the work of four |
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outstanding women from the Dallas area who are excelling in the |
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fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), areas |
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in which women are often underrepresented; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Dr. Jesse Jones and Labelle Jones, |
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TeCora Ballom graduated from Bishop College, attended medical |
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school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, and |
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completed her postgraduate training at Detroit Osteopathic |
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Hospital; a captain in the United States Public Health Service, |
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Dr. Ballom has practiced medicine for nine years and is a |
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board-certified osteopathic family physician; she currently serves |
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as the medical director for the Federal Bureau of Prisons South |
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Central Region, overseeing health services for 44,000 inmates in |
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the area's 16 federal prisons; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her years of hard work and dedicated study, |
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TeCora Ballom has set an inspiring example for young African |
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American women who hope to pursue a career in STEM-related fields, |
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and she is indeed deserving of this notable honor; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Captain Dr. TeCora Ballom on her |
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selection as a Women's History Month honoree of the Southeast |
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Dallas Business and Professional Women's Senior and Youth Clubs and |
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commend her for her outstanding career in medicine; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Ballom as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Davis of Dallas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1935 was adopted by the House on May |
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15, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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