[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING MRS. DORIS SPAIN ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT FOR 
OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE STATE 
                              OF TENNESSEE

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                            HON. BOB CLEMENT

                              of tenessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 16, 1999

  Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mrs. Doris Spain 
and her service to the Tennessee Department of Health and the State of 
Tennessee.
  Mrs. Spain will retire from the Tennessee Department of Health after 
33 years of faithful service on June 30, 1999. She will be greatly 
missed.
  Mrs. Spain, a native Tennessean, began her career with the Tennessee 
Department of Health in September of 1966 as a stenographer in the 
Division of Statistical Services. She now serves as Assistant 
Commissioner for the Bureau of Health Services, the department's 
largest bureau, with overall management responsibility for 
approximately 3,000 employees and an annual budget of $264 million. As 
Assistant Commissioner, Mrs. Spain directs the delivery of public 
health services to the citizens of Tennessee through 95 county health 
departments and 13 central office programs.
  Mrs. Spain is a lifetime member of the Tennessee Public Health 
Association and has served that organization as co-chairperson of the 
Program Committee, chairperson of the Arrangements Committee, 
chairperson of the Awards Committee, board member, vice-president, and, 
in 1985, as president. In 1995, Mrs. Spain served as chairperson of the 
Awards Committee of the Rural Health Association of Tennessee. In 
addition, she is a member of the Southern Health Association, the 
Middle Tennessee Area Health Education Council, the Graduate Medical 
Program/Public Health Residency Advisory Committee of Meharry Medical 
College, the Board of Directors of the National Association of City and 
County Health Officials, the Board of Directors of the Rural Health 
Association of Tennessee, and the Board of Directors of the 
Comprehensive Care Center.
  Mrs. Spain has been honored numerous times by her peers throughout 
her career. These awards include: the Distinguished Service Award, Area 
Health Education Center, 1987; the Distinguished Service Award, 
Tennessee Public Health Association, 1987; the Alex B. Shipley, MD 
Award, Tennessee Public Health Association, 1987; the Presidential 
Award, Rural Health Association of Tennessee, 1995; the Distinguished 
Service Award, Tennessee Public Health Association, 1997; and in 1990, 
she was selected to attend the Tennessee Government Executive 
Institute.
  Mrs. Spain has worked tirelessly to improve the quality of public 
health in the State of Tennessee and has unselfishly served its 
citizens for over 33 years. Her caring and leadership have benefited 
not only the Department of Health, but all Tennesseans. She has served 
as an example to her peers, her friends and her family. For these 
reasons I honor Mrs. Doris Spain today and wish her the best in her 
retirement. God bless.

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