Bill Text: TX HR693 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Sandra Smith Wright on receiving an Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR693-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 693 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Smith Wright, a health care executive | ||
| with more than 30 years of leadership experience, has been named an | ||
| Outstanding Texan by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A registered nurse since 1973, Sandra Wright earned | ||
| her associate degree at Angelina College, her master's degree in | ||
| public affairs at The University of Texas at Dallas, and both her | ||
| bachelor's degree in nursing and her doctorate in educational | ||
| leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University; earlier in her | ||
| career, she worked for home health care providers, including | ||
| Concepts of Care in Dallas, where she held a number of leadership | ||
| roles during her notable 23-year tenure; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2001, Dr. Wright took the reins as CEO of the | ||
| Tyler County Hospital District in Woodville, which consists of a | ||
| 49-bed hospital, a rural health clinic, a vocational school of | ||
| nursing, and an associated charitable foundation; she guided the | ||
| hospital system for 17 years until her recent retirement in October | ||
| 2018; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Active in her community and generous with her time | ||
| and talents, Dr. Wright has served on the boards of the Houston | ||
| Methodist Hospital, the Burke Center in Lufkin, the Texas Hospital | ||
| Insurance Exchange in Austin, and the American Hospital Association | ||
| in Chicago; in addition, she is a licensed ordained minister who has | ||
| pastored several United Methodist Churches, and she is a past | ||
| president of the Tyler County Chamber of Commerce; she has been | ||
| honored with the Pioneer Award by the Texas Hospital Association in | ||
| 2006 and named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International in 2017; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Wright has greatly benefited her fellow | ||
| citizens through her professional and civic contributions, and she | ||
| may indeed reflect with pride on her lifetime of service; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Sandra Smith Wright on | ||
| receiving an Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative | ||
| Black Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Wright as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| White | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 693 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 21, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
