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HR 154: Morehouse School of Medicine; 50th anniversary; recognize

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House Resolution 154

By: Representatives Parrish of the 158th, Burns of the 159th, Hugley of the 141st, Park of the 107th, Jones of the 47th, and others

A RESOLUTION

Commending Morehouse School of Medicine upon its 50th anniversary; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Dr. Louis Brown, an internal medicine physician in Atlanta, proposed the idea for a new medical school to the presidents of the Atlanta University Center schools in 1969; and

WHEREAS, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation supported a feasibility study to investigate the idea for a new medical school, and then Morehouse College President Dr. Hugh M. Gloster expressed interest in establishing a medical school at the college; and

WHEREAS, in 1975, Morehouse College recruited Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, a Morehouse graduate, to serve as the first president and academic dean of the Medical Education Program at Morehouse College, with a vision to diversify the healthcare workforce and provide primary healthcare in underserved rural and urban communities; and

WHEREAS, in 1977, the State of Georgia appropriated $1 million as a state operating grant to support the operations of the new program at Morehouse College; and

WHEREAS, Morehouse School of Medicine began in a single trailer on the campus of Morehouse College in the summer of 1978 with an inaugural class of 24 students in its two-year medical sciences program, allowing students to transfer to four-year institutions to complete their education; and

WHEREAS, the medical school was incorporated in Georgia in 1980, officially became an independent institution in 1981, and established a four-year medical school in 1985 as the Morehouse School of Medicine; and

WHEREAS, 3,283 students, including 1,867 physicians, have graduated from Morehouse School of Medicine, and approximately 60 percent of the MD graduates who have completed residency are practicing in Georgia; and

WHEREAS, Morehouse School of Medicine has significantly expanded its physical footprint, academic programs, research initiatives, and physician class size under the leadership of its first and only woman President and CEO, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly proper and fitting that the accomplishments of this distinguished Georgia institution be appropriately recognized on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend Morehouse School of Medicine upon its 50th anniversary celebration in the State of Georgia, without which students would not have access to quality education, research would not have been conducted, and healthcare access would not have expanded as broadly across the state.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Morehouse School of Medicine.