[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3810-3811]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN HONOR OF PHILIP AUTHIER, MPN, RN

 Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, today I congratulate Philip D. 
Authier, MPN, RN, 2002 President of the American Organization of Nurse 
Executives, AONE.

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Philip Authier is also Vice President of Patient Care at St. Mary's 
Healthcare Center, in Pierre, South Dakota. Among his many 
accomplishments, Mr. Authier, has been a member of AONE for 17 years 
and served on the AONE Board of Directors from 1995 to 1999. During 
this time he also served on AONE's Finance Committee and as a AONE 
representative to the Region 6 Regional Policy Board of the American 
Hospital Association. In addition, he is a past president of South 
Dakota Organization of Nurse Executives and has chaired the finance and 
nursing policy committees of the South Dakota Board of Nursing. In 
2000, by a national membership vote, he was elected President-Elect for 
a one year term beginning January 1, 2001, and took on his current 
position as President this past January.
  As President, Philip Authier will help lead the AONE in its mission 
to facilitate excellence in the nursing practices; to offer 
professional development opportunities; to influence health policy; and 
to support research and development in nursing administration. His 
experience and expertise will help to achieve the important goal of 
improving the recruitment and retainment of individuals to this very 
important profession. I am confident that his experience and expertise 
within this profession will help to achieve these goals.
  Once again, I commend and congratulate Philip Authier, a fellow South 
Dakotan, on his national leadership role in helping to address the 
needs and concerns of the nursing profession throughout the 
country.

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