[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 21550-21551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 INAUGURATION OF DR. WILLIAM CLARK, III

 Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I congratulate Dr. Spurgeon 
William Clark, III on the occasion of his inauguration as The Medical 
Association of Georgia's 152nd President this weekend. I have had the 
privilege of knowing Dr. Clark for many years. He is an esteemed 
physician, community leader, devoted father and son, and dear friend.
  Dr. Clark graduated from Waycross High School in 1971 and earned a 
bachelor's degree cum laude in 1975 from Davidson College in North 
Carolina. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of 
Georgia and interned at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. He 
performed his residency at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the 
University of Miami.
  Dr. Clark operates the Clark Eye Clinic in Waycross, GA, and attends 
patients of all ages. There is no question that he is a leader in his 
field. He has been included in ``The Best Doctors in the South'' in 
1996, 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2006. He has performed groundbreaking 
surgeries involving the perfecting of new refractive surgeries, 
cataract surgeries and the refining of implanting lenses. His 
ophthalmology career includes time and work spent as an active member 
of Satilla Regional Medical Center, Emory Eye Care Center, the Atlanta 
VA Medical Center, where he has been a clinical assistant professor 
since 1997, and the Medical College of Georgia, where he has been a 
clinical assistant professor since 1998. He has previously served the 
Medical Association of Georgia as a member, delegate and as a member of 
the Board of Directors. He has also served the Georgia AMA delegation 
as Vice Chair and as President-elect, the Okefenokee Medical 
Association as President, as the Secretary as well as Director of the 
Eighth District Medical Society, and as President and Chairman of the 
Board of the Okefenkee Physicians Network, Inc., and as Vice President 
of the Satilla Regional Medical Center Staff Executive Committee.
  Dr. Clark's accomplishments are indeed endless. Not only is he a 
leader in the medical field, he is an active citizen and parent in the 
Waycross community. He has received awards on numerous occasions for 
his service. He is the recipient of the 1987 Jack Williams Community 
Service Award, the 1988 Waycross Jaycees Outstanding Young American 
Award, the 1989 Waycross Pogo Good Citizenship Award, the Ware 2000 
Excellence in Education Award, and the 1990 Rotarian of the Year Award.

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  He has served as Vice President and President of the Williams Heights 
Elementary School PTA, as President of the Waycross Middle School PTA, 
and as a board member of the Okefenokee Heritage Center. Additionally, 
he has served in leadership positions with the United Way, the 
Waycross-Ware County Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Waycross 
Development Authority, the First United Methodist Curch, the Waycross 
Bank & Trust, and the Okefenokee Swamp Park Association.
  Dr. Clark and his wife, Jill, have three daughters Victoria, Evelyn, 
and Alora. I know that this is a special time in particular for Dr. 
Clark and his family, because this inauguration continues a tradition 
of family service within the medical community. Dr. Clark's father 
previously served as the Medical Association of Georgia's 130th 
President in 1984.
  I offer my congratulations to Dr. Clark on his inauguration this 
weekend and commend him for all his accomplishments. I know he will 
serve The Medical Association of Georgia well as their 152nd 
President.

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