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Senate Resolution

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A resolution recognizing Al Dotson, Jr., for his many

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years of leadership and dedicated service to the South

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Florida community.

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WHEREAS, on June 9, 1960, Mr. Albert Dotson, Jr., was born

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to Dr. Albert Dotson, Sr., and his wife, Dr. Earlene Dotson, in

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Detroit, Michigan, and

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WHEREAS, Mr. Dotson graduated from Dartmouth College with a

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degree in Economics and History and was then accepted into

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Vanderbilt University's School of Law where he earned his Juris

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Doctor degree and was awarded the Bennett Douglas Bell Memorial

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Prize for academic achievement and high ethical standards, and

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WHEREAS, Mr. Dotson is Chairman of the Board of 100 Black

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Men of America, Chairman of the Miami Dade College Foundation

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Board of Trustees, was President of the Orange Bowl Committee for

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the 2006-2007 Orange Bowl Festival and the FedEx Orange Bowl

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Game, and participates actively in a wide array of vital

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organizations and groups including the FTAA Ministerial Board of

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Trustees, the Super Bowl XLI Host Committee, Big Brothers Big

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Sisters of Greater Miami, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, United Way

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of Miami-Dade County, the Overtown Youth Center, the Dade County

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Bar Association Blue Ribbon Commission on Judicial Campaigns, the

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Miami Business Forum, the Jackson Memorial Hospital Public Health

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Trust, the National Conference of Community and Justice, and the

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Alliance For Ethical Government, and

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WHEREAS, he was named one of Ebony Magazine's "100 Most

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Influential Black Americans"; as one of the "Most Effective

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Lawyers" in Real Estate/Construction Law by the Daily Business

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Review; as one of South Florida's Top Lawyers by Miami Metro

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Magazine; and as one of "40 Business Leaders in South Florida

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Under Age 40" by the South Florida Business Journal, and

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WHEREAS, Mr. Dotson has received numerous additional awards

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including the March of Dimes Community Excellence in Real Estate

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Law Award; the 1999 Community Leader Award by the Wilke D.

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Ferguson, Jr., Bar Association; the 2001 Outstanding Star of Our

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Community Award by The Vizcayans; the 2004 Certificate of Special

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Congressional Recognition by Senator Bill Nelson in honor of his

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contributions to the State of Florida; and has received

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commendations and proclamations from the Mayor of Miami-Dade

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County, the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, the

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Mayor of the City of Miami, and the City of Miami Commission, and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Dotson resides in South Florida with his loving

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wife, Attorney Gail Ash Dotson, and their two children, Ashley

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Erin Dotson and Albert Eugene Dotson, III, and continues to

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contribute greatly to the State of Florida and the South Florida

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region through his leadership and community service, NOW,

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THEREFORE,

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Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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     That the Senate recognizes and commends Mr. Al Dotson, Jr.,

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for his many years of outstanding leadership and exemplary

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community service in South Florida.

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     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with

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the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Al Dotson, Jr.,

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as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.