[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    S. WILLIAM CLARK, III, MD--OUTSTANDING ADVOCATE AWARD RECIPIENT

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                             HON. TOM PRICE

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 9, 2013

  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure and 
pride that I ask all members of the House to recognize a fellow 
physician and Georgian, S. William Clark, III, M.D., who has received 
the American Academy of Ophthalmology's 2012 Outstanding Advocate 
Award. This honor is bestowed upon Academy members who participate in 
advocacy-related efforts at the state or federal level. Recipients 
perorm advocacy functions in their capacity as ophthalmologists and 
demonstrate a pattern of supporting and improving the profession of 
medicine over a period of years.
   Dr. Bill Clark, whom I have had the privilege of knowing for nearly 
30 years, is a fitting recipient of this honor. As a general 
ophthalmologist in Waycross, Georgia, Dr. Clark has long been a 
committed advocate for ophthalmology, and medicine in general, since 
before completing his fellowship in 1984. A second-generation 
ophthalmologist, he learned the importance of being an effective 
proponent for quality health care from his revered father. With great 
concern for patients and respect for the principles of the healing 
arts, he has shared his passion with generations of new physicians.
   Dr. Clark is a Past President and Board member of the Medical 
Association of Georgia (MAG) and has served as Vice President and 
Academy Councilor representing the Georgia Society of Opthalmology 
(GSO). Since 1988, he has served in the American Medical Association 
(AMA) House of Delegates, representing the AMA Young Physicians 
Section, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and Medical Association 
of Georgia. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Georgia AMA 
Delegation.
   For his commitment and devotion to physicians and patients on the 
state and federal level, I am so very pleased to take this opportunity 
to recognize my friend, Dr. Bill Clark, and congratulate him on the 
occasion of his receiving the American Academy of Ophthalmology's 2012 
Outstanding Advocate Award.

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