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Bill 308

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      308
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990113
Primary Sponsor:                  Passailaigue
All Sponsors:                     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. Verne Smith, 
                                  Thomas, Waldrep, Wilson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\elp\017edwa.efd.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990120
Subject:                          Dr. James B. Edwards, Resolutions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990120  Received from House
House   19990114  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
Senate  19990113  Introduced, adopted, sent to House


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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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