Bill Text: TX HR2222 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dr. Paul Gene Meyer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR2222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2222-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2222 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Residents of Lubbock lost an admired civic leader | ||
| with the death of Dr. Paul Gene Meyer on March 4, 2005; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A neurosurgeon and veteran of the United States | ||
| Army, Paul Meyer served his country in the Medical Corps during the | ||
| Vietnam War, and he received the Army Commendation Medal; he joined | ||
| the surgery department at University Medical Center in 1978 when it | ||
| first opened as Lubbock General Hospital; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Meyer was a passionate champion of education, | ||
| and he took enormous pleasure in helping to design and teach the | ||
| basic neuroscience course for medical students at the Texas Tech | ||
| University Health Sciences Center; in 1995, Governor George W. Bush | ||
| appointed him to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners; | ||
| Dr. Meyer also contributed to his community as president of the | ||
| board of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and as a longtime Rotarian; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, Dr. Meyer shared a fulfilling | ||
| relationship with his wife, Marie, and he was the proud father of | ||
| six children, Erin, Lisa, Gregory, Morgan, Kerry, and Nick; with | ||
| the passing years, he experienced the joy of becoming "Grampy" to | ||
| seven grandchildren, Hannah, Noah, Emma, Eli, Isabel, Harrison, and | ||
| Molly; in his leisure time, he enjoyed socializing with friends and | ||
| loved ones and playing the banjo; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Paul Meyer is deeply missed by those he left | ||
| behind, but his dedication to his family, his community, and the | ||
| medical profession will forever remain a source of inspiration; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Paul Gene Meyer; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Paul | ||
| Gene Meyer. | ||
| Meyer | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2222 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 27, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
