[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING DR. NANCY DICKEY, A 2010 INDUCTEE INTO THE TEXAS WOMEN'S 
                              HALL OF FAME

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 14, 2010

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize and 
congratulate Dr. Nancy Dickey, who was selected to be a 2010 inductee 
into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. I consider Dr. Dickey a great 
friend, dating back to our time together at the University of Texas 
Medical School in Houston, and very deserving of this honor, which 
recognizes the state's most accomplished women.
  Dr. Dickey has long been a leader in Texas medicine, as well as 
nationwide, holding the distinction of being the only female president 
of the American Medical Association. As an AMA member and former 
alternate delegate, I greatly value her leadership.
  In addition to the AMA, Dr. Dickey is active in the Texas Academy of 
Family Physicians, the Texas Medical Association, the American Academy 
of Family Physicians, and the National Patient Safety Foundation. She 
was appointed to chair the Texas Health Policy Council, chosen for 
membership in the Society for Executive Leadership in Academic 
Medicine, and selected to be a member of the Institute of Medicine, a 
component of the National Academy of Sciences.
  Dr. Dickey's record of service in Texas medicine is long and 
distinguished. She is the founding program director of the Family 
Medicine Residency of the Brazos Valley, and created the Rural and 
Community Health Institute to address issues of patient safety and 
quality of care in rural Texas hospitals. In response to Texas' nursing 
shortage, Dr. Dickey oversaw the creation of a College of Nursing in 
Bryan/College Station, and chairs the Texas A&M System Council on 
Nursing, a statewide consortium of nursing programs designed to address 
the shortage. In 2001, Dr. Dickey was listed as one of America's ``Best 
Doctors.''
  Dr. Dickey is president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center and 
vice chancellor for health affairs for the Texas A&M System. 
Previously, she served as dean of the Texas A&M Health Science Center 
College of Medicine, where she still serves as professor of family and 
community medicine.
  During her tenure as president of Texas A&M Health Science Center--
the University System's first female president--she has chaired the 
state's formula funding advisory committee, and advocated increased 
funding for health-related educational programs. As a result of her 
leadership, she helped establish the Irma Lerma Rangel College of 
Pharmacy in Kingsville, the first professional school in South Texas.
  Madam Speaker, it is with great pride that I rise today to honor my 
good friend, Dr. Nancy Dickey, the newest member of the Texas Women's 
Hall of Fame. Her service to the state of Texas will be highlighted in 
a permanent exhibit honoring the inductees, which is housed inside 
Hubbard Hall on the campus of Texas Woman's University in Denton, 
Texas. Dr. Dickey has positively impacted countless lives in Texas and 
around the country, and paved the way for women to continue to make 
invaluable contributions to medicine.

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