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  2         A concurrent resolution naming the legislative

  3         clinic in honor of Dr. Edward G. Haskell, Jr.

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  5         WHEREAS, Dr. Edward G. Haskell, Jr., founded the

  6  concept of health care for stressed-out, time-pressed

  7  legislators by voluntarily serving their health care needs

  8  during sessions of the Legislature in the mid and late 1960's,

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10         WHEREAS, Dr. Haskell was the philosophical designer of

11  the concept of a legislative clinic and the "Doctor for the

12  Day" program during legislative sessions, and

13         WHEREAS, the first legislative clinic opened early in

14  1967 in an unused portion of a supply room serving the Florida

15  House of Representatives, and

16         WHEREAS, a terrible outbreak of influenza in 1967 and

17  the passage of Senate Bill 135-X, Extraordinary Session,

18  January 29, 1968, to February 16, 1968 which created the Joint

19  Legislative Management Committee, combined to make a permanent

20  fixture of the legislative clinic, and

21         WHEREAS, in the first few years of its existence, Dr.

22  Haskell offered invaluable assistance to the clinic and its

23  patients by lending his time, advice, and prescription

24  support, NOW, THEREFORE,

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26  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida, the

27  House of Representatives Concurring:

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29         That the legislative clinic, established in 1967, is

30  named the "Dr. Ed Haskell Legislative Clinic."

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  1         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the 2001

  2  Legislature of the State of Florida express their gratitude to

  3  Dr. Edward G. Haskell, Jr., for his pioneering leadership and

  4  unselfish contributions to the health of colleagues of the

  5  past and for his perseverance in helping to establish the

  6  legislative clinic.

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