Bill Text: TX HR2251 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Patrick Wallace on his retirement from East Texas Medical Center of Athens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2251-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Patrick Wallace on his retirement from East Texas Medical Center of Athens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2251-Introduced.html
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By: Gooden | H.R. No. 2251 |
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WHEREAS, Patrick Wallace is retiring as the administrator of | ||
East Texas Medical Center of Athens in March 2017, drawing to a | ||
close an exemplary tenure that has spanned more than a quarter | ||
century; and | ||
WHEREAS, After serving as the administrator of Graham General | ||
Hospital for a decade, Pat Wallace joined the administration at | ||
ETMC Athens in 1988, just two years after the hospital opened; in | ||
the ensuing decades, he supported its tremendous growth, and his | ||
outstanding efforts have had a positive impact on the community at | ||
large, as health care constitutes a major industry in Athens; and | ||
WHEREAS, Under his skilled leadership, the ETMC Athens | ||
medical staff has expanded twofold, with 45 doctors representing a | ||
variety of specialties, including family medicine, obstetrics, | ||
cardiology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics; Mr. Wallace also | ||
oversaw a renovation and expansion project that doubled the size of | ||
the hospital building in 2011, and he played a key role in the | ||
construction of a new gastrointestinal lab as well as ETMC Cedar | ||
Creek Lake, a 30,000 square-foot outpatient facility in south | ||
Henderson County; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his professionalism, expertise, and | ||
tireless work, Patrick Wallace has greatly benefited East Texas | ||
Medical Center of Athens and area residents, and he may indeed | ||
reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks on the next | ||
exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Patrick Wallace on his retirement | ||
from East Texas Medical Center of Athens and extend to him sincere | ||
best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Wallace as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |