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House
Resolution 2179
By:
Representatives Harbin of the
118th,
Anderson of the
117th,
and Sims of the
119th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Dr. Bruce Merrill LeClair; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dr. Bruce Merrill LeClair earned his undergraduate degree with honors from San
Diego State University, received his medical degree from the University of
California, Davis, and a masters of public health degree from the University of
Washington; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. LeClair, an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the
Medical College of Georgia, is a Degree of Fellow recipient from the American
Academy of Family Physicians and is the 2009 Georgia Academy of Family
Physician's Physician of the Year; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. LeClair has published articles in the
Journal of Family
Practice and
Military
Medicine and serves as a grant reviewer
for the Bureau of Health Professions Scholarships, Health Resources, and
Services Administration in Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS,
in his decades of services as a physician, Dr. LeClair has tirelessly and
enthusiastically devoted himself to the medical community and the fight for
patient and physician rights, and he has taken an active role in politics,
promoting state and federal policy on health care; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. LeClair has a distinguished history of service and leadership with the
Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, the Medical
Association of Georgia, and the American Public Health Association; has acted as
a representative and advocate for patients and his peers; and has helped to pass
meaningful legislation in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
he is a board member of St. Vincent de Paul Health Center and a member of the
American Academy of Family Physician's Commission on Governmental
Advocacy.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend Dr. Bruce Merrill LeClair for his many contributions to health
care policy legislation and to the welfare of the citizens of his community and
this state.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Dr. Bruce
Merrill LeClair.