Bill Text: TX SR601 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Thomas David Kirksey.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-04 - Reported enrolled [SR601 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR601-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Thomas David Kirksey | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Dr. Thomas David | ||
Kirksey, who died March 17, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Tom Kirksey was born in China in 1932 to Colonel | ||
Oscar Thweatt Kirksey and Susan Iola Dailey; he was married to | ||
his wife, Gene, for 54 years, and the couple raised four | ||
daughters, who blessed them with five grandchildren and a | ||
great-grandchild; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Kirksey earned his medical degree and | ||
performed his residency at The University of Texas Medical Branch | ||
at Galveston; from 1966 through 1968, he served in the United | ||
States Army, where he helped design a burn patient evacuation | ||
system; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1969, Dr. Kirksey moved to Austin, where he was | ||
a pioneer in the field of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery; | ||
while serving as director of medical education at Brackenridge | ||
Hospital, he helped develop a university-affiliated graduate | ||
medical program that enabled the hospital to continue its | ||
educational program and helped establish the Central Texas | ||
Medical Foundation; and | ||
WHEREAS, He was a passionate advocate for indigent care and | ||
played a significant role in the establishment of Emergency | ||
Medical Services in the 1970s; he was active in numerous | ||
professional organizations and served as president of the Travis | ||
County Medical Society and as chair of the Credentials Committee | ||
of the American College of Surgeons; he was named Physician of | ||
the Year in 1999 by the Travis County Medical Society; and | ||
WHEREAS, A man of courage, strength, and compassion, he | ||
gave generously to others, and his commitment to his profession | ||
and his enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest will not be | ||
forgotten by those who were privileged to share in his life; and | ||
WHEREAS, | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
family of Dr. Thomas David Kirksey; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
memory of Dr. Thomas David Kirksey. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on April 4, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |