H*3720 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H*3720 Concurrent Resolution, By Spearman, Allison, A.W. Byrd, Cobb-Hunter,
Gamble, Hinson, Lee, Martin, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, V.T. Mullen, Neilson,
Parks, Meacham, Rodgers, Seithel, Stuart and Young-Brickell
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE PALMIRA SILVA SNAPE, M.D., OF GREENVILLE
COUNTY, AS THE GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL JEAN LANEY HARRIS MEMORIAL
LUNCHEON AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT DAY ON MARCH 24, 1997.
03/25/97 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-36
03/26/97 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-15
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE PALMIRA SILVA SNAPE, M. D., OF
GREENVILLE COUNTY, AS THE GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE
FIRST ANNUAL JEAN LANEY HARRIS MEMORIAL
LUNCHEON AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN IN
GOVERNMENT DAY ON MARCH 26, 1997.
Whereas, Palmira Silva Snape, M. D., of Greenville County will be
the guest speaker at the First Annual Jean Laney Harris Memorial
Luncheon at the South Carolina in Government day March 26, 1997,
in Columbia, sponsored by the Women's Caucus of the South
Carolina General Assembly; and
Whereas, Dr. Snape received her medical doctorate degree from the
Medical College of South Carolina and currently is in general
practice in Greenville, South Carolina; and
Whereas, Dr. Snape has been very active in medical education
and has served as the Director of the Family Practice Residency
program in the Greenville Hospital System since 1990; she has
numerous publications to her credit and has been active in
clinical research; and
Whereas, Dr. Snape, who has served as President of the South
Carolina Academy of Family Physicians and the Greenville
County Medical Society and who has held numerous other
professional positions, is not only well known and respected in
South Carolina, but she is also known nationally and
internationally. She was selected by Good
Housekeeping as one of the Top Ten Family Physicians of
the Year in 1982, and she has served on many national family
practice committees and has presented countless papers at
national and international conferences; and
Whereas, in addition to her vast professional activities, Dr.
Snape has been very involved in community medicine both
locally, having served on many local boards and task forces
including the American Cancer Society and on Friends of
Hospice and internationally as a medical missionary in Africa,
the Caribbean, and South America; and
Whereas, Dr. Snape, tireless in upholding the highest ideals of
the medical profession, is also devoted in her service to the
people of Greenville in myriad capacities, all of which have
served to provide an exceptional role model and mentor for
many young women and men not only in Greenville but in the
State of South Carolina; and
Whereas, it is most appropriate and very fitting to have a
woman of such stature, leadership, compassion, and devotion
to public service to address the first Annual Jean Laney Harris
Luncheon. Now therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
That, by this resolution, the members of the General Assembly
recognize Palmira Silva Snape, M. D., of Greenville County, as the
guest speaker for the First Annual Jean Laney Harris Memorial
Luncheon at the South Carolina Women in Government Day on
March 26, 1997.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to
Dr. Palmira Silva Snape.
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