[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 20 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING DOUGLAS D. HAWTHORNE

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 31, 2007

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, it has been a 
distinct honor over the years to take note of the extraordinary 
valuable work done by Douglas D. Hawthorne for the 30th Congressional 
District of Texas, the State of Texas and this Nation.
  Mr. Hawthorne, president and chief executive of Texas Health 
Resources was recognized this fall, when he received the Greer Garson-
E.E. Fogelson Humanitarian Award at the Greer Garson Gala. Mr. 
Hawthorne serves as a national role model through his leadership and 
unwavering commitment to helping people and furthering the awareness of 
Parkinson's disease in our community.
  For more than a decade, Mr. Hawthorne has conducted a ``quite 
revolution''' in the treatment of Alzheimer. He helped establish the 
APDA's Parkinson's Information and Referral Center at Presbyterian 
Hospital of Dallas in 1990 and developed a relationship with the local 
chapter.
  Hawthorne served as president and chief executive officer of 
Presbyterian Healthcare Resources from 1983 until the formation of 
Texas Health Resources in 1997. He is past chairman of Dallas/Fort 
Worth Hospital Council and the Texas Hospital Association (THA). In 
1996, he received the Boone Powell Sr. Award of Excellence for 
distinguished hospital administration by the Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital 
Council. In 1994, he received THA's highest award, The Earl M. Collier 
Award for Distinguished Hospital Administration. He has chaired several 
American Hospital Association (AHA) committees and is a former at-large 
member of AHA's Board of Trustees. A Fellow of the American College of 
Healthcare Executives (ACHE), he received the Gold Medal Award in 2002, 
ACHE Regent Senior Level Health Care Executive Award in 1991 and served 
as Regent for Texas Greater Dallas/Fort Worth area of the ACHE. In 
2003, Modern Healthcare magazine named Hawthorne number 30 on its list 
of the ``100 Most Powerful People in Health Care.''
  Madam Speaker, as one who has worked closely with Alzheimer patients, 
I know that his efforts for battling this disease are unequaled and he 
is certainly one of our community's great leaders. Therefore, Madam 
Speaker, I rise with great pleasure to honor Douglas Hawthorne, on the 
occasion of his receiving the Greer Garson-E.E. Fogelson Humanitarian 
Award.

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