[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. Res. 377 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 377

Honoring the life of Dr. Norman Shumway and expressing the condolences 
                     of the Senate on his passing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2006

Mr. Frist submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the life of Dr. Norman Shumway and expressing the condolences 
                     of the Senate on his passing.

Whereas Norman Shumway was an inspirational leader and medical pioneer;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway performed the first successful heart transplant in 
        the United States, and was considered the father of heart 
        transplantation in America;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway's seminal work with Dr. Richard Lower at Stanford 
        Medical Center set in motion the longest and most successful clinical 
        cardiac transplant program in the world;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway co-edited a definitive book on thoracic organ 
        transplantation along with his daughter who is also a cardiac surgeon;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway continued to research the medical complexities of 
        heart transplants when many were abandoning the procedure because of 
        poor outcomes due to rejection;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway trained hundreds of surgeons who have gone on to lead 
        academic and clinical cardiac surgical programs around the world;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway served our country in the United States Army from 
        1943 to 1946, and in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University 
        in 1949, and his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 1956;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway was awarded with numerous honorary degrees by his 
        peers, including the American Medical Association's Scientific 
        Achievement Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 
        International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation;
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway is survived by his son, Michael, and three daughters, 
        Amy, Lisa and Sara, and his former wife, Mary Lou; and
Whereas Dr. Norman Shumway has left a legacy of life around the world thanks to 
        his tireless work of understanding and perfecting heart transplantation: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) mourns the loss of Dr. Norman Shumway;
            (2) recognizes his contribution to medical science and 
        discovery;
            (3) expresses its sympathies to the family of Dr. Norman 
        Shumway; and
            (4) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an 
        enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of Dr. Norman 
        Shumway.
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