BIL: 308
TYP: Concurrent Resolution CR
INB: Senate
IND: 19990113
PSP: Passailaigue
SPO: Passailaigue, McConnell, Washington, Ford, Mescher, Ravenel, Branton, Grooms, Alexander, Anderson, Bryan, Cork, Courson, Courtney, Drummond, Elliott, Fair, Giese, Glover, Gregory, Hayes, Holland, Hutto, Jackson, Land, Leatherman, Leventis, Martin, Matthews, McGill, Moore, O'Dell, Patterson, Peeler, Rankin, Reese, Russell, Ryberg, Saleeby, Setzler, Short, J.VerneSmith, Thomas, Waldrep, Wilson
DDN: l:\s-res\elp\017edwa.efd.doc
DPB: 19990120
SUB: Dr. James B. Edwards, Resolutions
HST:
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19990120 Received from House
House 19990114 Introduced, adopted, returned
with concurrence
Senate 19990113 Introduced, adopted, sent to House
Printed Versions of This Bill
TXT:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO COMMEND AND THANK DR. JAMES B. EDWARDS UPON HIS RETIREMENT FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATION THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.
Whereas, Dr. James B. Edwards is retiring as President of the Medical University of South Carolina, has served as President for sixteen years, and is known and widely respected for leading MUSC into unprecedented growth and prosperity; and
Whereas, he was President of his graduating class at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards was Chairman of the Charleston County Republican Party from 1964 until 1969; and
Whereas, beginning in 1968, he served for four years on the Statewide Committee for Comprehensive Health Care Planning; and
Whereas, from 1970 until 1971 he was Chairman of the First Congressional District Republican Party; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1972 until 1974; and
Whereas, he was elected South Carolina Governor in 1975 and was the first Republican governor since Reconstruction; and
Whereas, in 1978 he was the Chairman of the Southern Governor’s Conference; and
Whereas, Dr. Edwards served as U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982; and
Whereas, he became president of the Medical University of South Carolina in 1982; and
Whereas, he was awarded the Order of the Palmetto in 1994 by Gov. Carroll Campbell and inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame in 1997; and
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, would like to publicly recognize and thank this outstanding South Carolinian for his loyal and dedicated service to the Medical University of South Carolina upon the occasion of his retirement and for his many other contributions as a political and community leader. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly hereby commend Dr. James B. Edwards for his exemplary service as President of the Medical University of South Carolina, and for his other outstanding contributions to the State of South Carolina, and further wish him the very best in his retirement.
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