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SR 198 - Dr. Roland Steven Summers - commend

Johnson, Eric B (1st)	Johnson, Diane H (2nd)

Status Summary	SC:		HC:		FR:	02/24/99	LA:	02/24/99	S - Passed/Adopted

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A resolution commending Dr. Roland Steven Summers.

SR 198                                             LC 27 0866 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Commending Dr. Roland Steven Summers; and for other 
  1- 2  purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, Dr. Roland Steven Summers, physician, teacher, and 
  1- 4  civic leader, has been a highly respected doctor of internal 
  1- 5  medicine in the State of Georgia for 25 years; and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, his most recent honor is his election to serve as 
  1- 7  President of the Medical Association of Georgia, an 
  1- 8  organization with a membership of over 8,000 physicians; and 
 
  1- 9  WHEREAS, Dr. Summers, who practices medicine in Savannah, 
  1-10  has served in many leadership roles in the Medical 
  1-11  Association of Georgia and in the Georgia Medical Society, 
  1-12  including terms as President of the Georgia Medical Society 
  1-13  in 1987, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia 
  1-14  Medical Society in 1992, Secretary of the Medical 
  1-15  Association of Georgia from 1990 to 1996, Chairman of the 
  1-16  Council on Education of the Medical Association of Georgia 
  1-17  from 1989 to 1990, and Chairman of the Committee on 
  1-18  Scientific Assembly from 1986 to 1990; and 
 
  1-19  WHEREAS, Dr. Summers' superlative medical expertise and 
  1-20  outstanding leadership have brought acclaim to Georgia 
  1-21  through his participation in national medical affairs as an 
  1-22  alternate delegate to the American Medical Association from 
  1-23  1996 to 1998; and 
 
  1-24  WHEREAS, Dr. Summers and his wife Sylvia have raised five 
  1-25  remarkable children during their marriage of 30 years and 
  1-26  are active members of St. John's Episcopal Church in 
  1-27  Savannah. 
 
  1-28  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the 
  1-29  members of this body recognize and commend Dr. Roland Steven 
  1-30  Summers for his outstanding service to the medical 
  1-31  profession and dedication to improving and enhancing the 
  1-32  health of the citizens of this state and extend to him their 
  1-33  best wishes for his continued success. 
 
  1-34  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is 
  1-35  authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of 
  1-36  this resolution to Dr. Roland Steven Summers. 
 
 
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