[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 42 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H1457-H1458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING DOC DODSON

  (Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONAWAY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor an outstanding 
citizen of the city of Midland, Texas. James ``Doc'' Dodson was born in 
Fort Worth, Texas, on April 22, 1936. In 1958, he moved to Midland 
where he became an athletic trainer at Midland High School. It was 
there that he touched the lives of MHS Bulldogs for the next 32 years.
  Doc's greatest joy is his family. He married Gayle McMullan in 1963, 
and they have two daughters, Kelly Hullender and Jamie Dodson. Kelly 
and her husband, Todd, have Doc's three grandchildren: Blair, Mills and 
Sam.
  In 1972, Doc was the first high school athletic trainer selected to 
be a part of the U.S. Olympic team in Munich, Germany. In 1978, he was 
the first recipient of the Outstanding High School Trainer award, an 
honor he was given twice.
  Doc is now the director of physical rehabilitation at Southwest 
Orthopedics in Midland where he continues to help many people each day.
  Doc is truly an outstanding American. We are blessed to have him live 
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Midland, Texas, and District 11 in Texas, and I am proud to be his 
Congressman and call him my friend.

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