[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23380]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING BILL T. TEAGUE

 Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute to Bill 
T. Teague upon his retirement as president and chief executive officer 
of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center in Houston, TX.
  Mr. Teague is a State, national, and international leader in blood 
banking and transfusion medicine management. During his 31-year tenure, 
the nonprofit Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center has become one of the 
most respected blood banking facilities in the country, currently 
serving more than 220 healthcare institutions in the 24-county Texas 
gulf coast and east Texas regions. Prior to this position, he served as 
director of the Community Blood Bank in St. Petersburg, FL, and 
director of the Travis County Medical Society Blood Bank in Austin, TX. 
A past president of both the South Central Association of Blood Banks 
and the American Association of Blood Banks, and a former treasurer of 
the American Blood Commission, Mr. Teague is also active in a number of 
professional organizations. He has received numerous honors throughout 
his career and has been recognized, due to his involvement and service, 
as a leader in the Houston community.
  Mr. Teague has dedicated both his professional career and personal 
time to generating blood donations and encouraging others to give the 
gift of life. I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring his 
accomplishments and wishing Mr. Teague well in all his future 
endeavors.

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