South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 489

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senators O'Dell and Nicholson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24641bh11.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3553

Introduced in the Senate on February 2, 2011
Introduced in the House on February 3, 2011
Adopted by the General Assembly on February 3, 2011

Summary: Dr. Roger Stevenson

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/2/2011  Senate  Introduced, adopted, sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 9)
    2/3/2011  House   Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence 
                        (House Journal-page 12)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/2/2011

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE WORK OF ROGER STEVENSON, M.D., UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS AS DIRECTOR OF THE GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER.

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina are pleased to learn that after thirty-seven years of ground-breaking work in the area of genetic research at the world-renown Greenwood Genetic Center, Dr. Roger Stevenson will begin his retirement at a reception to honor him on February 4, 2011; and

Whereas, after earning a bachelor's degree from Furman University, Roger Stevenson graduated from Bowman Gray School of Medicine and completed residency and fellowship training at North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital; and

Whereas; he served on the faculty at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston before joining the Greenwood Genetic Center; and

Whereas, devoting his professional career to the study of birth defects and developmental impairments, Dr. Stevenson has contributed broadly to the literature on the genetic and environmental causes of these disabilities; and

Whereas, he authored two editions of the textbook, The Fetus and Newly Born Infant, Influences of the Prenatal Environment; produced two editions of Human Malformations and Related Anomalies with Dr. Judith Hall; and with his colleagues, Charles Schwartz, Ph.D., and Richard Schroer, M.D., authored X-Linked Mental Retardation, which included an atlas of XMLR syndromes; and

Whereas, since 1974, Dr. Stevenson has been the director of the Greenwood Genetic Center, which provides expertise in the human genetics of intellectual disabilities, autism, birth defects, and related disorders; and

Whereas, the Greenwood Genetic Center's faculty conducts educational programs for medical professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, and the community at large in addition to its clinical, diagnostic, research, and treatment divisions; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are grateful for the impact of the sustained work that Dr. Roger Stevenson has directed at the Greenwood Genetic Center for almost forty years and wish him continued success and happiness in his much-deserved retirement. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor the work of Roger Stevenson, M.D., upon the occasion of his retirement after thirty-seven years as director of the Greenwood Genetic Center.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. Roger Stevenson.

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