Bill Text: TX SR347 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Wendell Edgin for his service as a medical professional.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Reported enrolled [SR347 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR347-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Dr. Wendell Edgin as an exemplary Texas citizen and on | ||
| his outstanding career as a physician, educator, and dedicated | ||
| public health professional; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Edgin is an esteemed oral and maxillofacial | ||
| surgeon who served the nation with distinction in the United | ||
| States Air Force for more than two decades and who has shaped a | ||
| rewarding career of service on behalf of the citizens of Texas | ||
| and the United States; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A fifth-generation Texan, Dr. Edgin completed his | ||
| residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force | ||
| Base in San Antonio in 1990 after earning degrees from Texas Tech | ||
| University and The University of Texas School of Dentistry in | ||
| Houston; he led the graduate oral and maxillofacial surgery | ||
| program at Wilford Hall as director and department chair and | ||
| served as the special consultant in oral and maxillofacial | ||
| surgery to the Surgeon General, and he concluded his military | ||
| career in 2001 with the rank of colonel and with accolades | ||
| including the Legion of Merit; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Edgin went on to teach as an associate | ||
| professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San | ||
| Antonio, where he served as a mentor to hundreds of aspiring | ||
| physicians and maintained a faculty practice before joining | ||
| Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates in 2006; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An esteemed educator and expert in his field, Dr. | ||
| Edgin has authored numerous academic articles and has published | ||
| extensive research on oral and maxillofacial medicine; he has | ||
| served in leadership positions in professional organizations | ||
| including the Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, | ||
| the Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the | ||
| San Antonio District Dental Society; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout the past four decades, Dr. Edgin's | ||
| care and expertise have greatly benefited his patients and have | ||
| earned him the respect and admiration of his colleagues and | ||
| professionals in his field; his commitment to excellence in his | ||
| pursuits and his valuable contributions to our state and nation | ||
| are indeed deserving of special recognition, and he can reflect | ||
| with pride on his distinguished career and his many | ||
| accomplishments; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend Dr. Wendell Edgin on more than four | ||
| decades of devoted service as a medical professional and to | ||
| education in the field of medicine and extend to him best wishes | ||
| for continued success in all of his endeavors; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Campbell | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 23, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
