HJR237 Summary

• Honors Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, the 18th Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, for outstanding achievement and service.

• Recognizes Dr. Benjamin's educational credentials including an MD from the University of Alabama, Birmingham and an MBA from Tulane University, plus five honorary doctorates.

• Commends her professional accomplishments including founding the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic, serving as the first African-American female president of a state medical society in 2002, and holding leadership roles in major medical organizations.

• Acknowledges her memberships on prestigious boards including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine, plus her receipt of the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights in 1998.

• Extends the legislature's gratitude for her service to Alabama and the American people, offering good wishes for her success as Surgeon General.