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GA HR1187

Resolution

Status

Engrossed

2/10/2014

Primary Sponsor

Barbara Sims

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013-2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University as the state's only public medical school and founding college of Georgia Regents University, and invites its representatives to be recognized by the House of Representatives
  • Highlights the school's statewide expansion with campuses in Athens (2010, 160 students), Savannah/Brunswick (2007, 42 students), Albany (2005, 17 residential students), and Rome (2013, 7 students), plus approximately 135 clinical training sites across Georgia
  • Notes a $66 million posthumous donation in April 2013 from alumnus J. Harold Harrison, MD (Class of 1948) for endowed faculty chairs, professorships, and scholarships — the largest single gift to a public university in Georgia's history
  • Recognizes more than $79 million in research grants (up 15% from the prior year), including a $10 million NIH TEDDY grant renewal and an $8.8 million NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant, with the school ranking 66th out of 139 U.S. medical schools in NIH funding
  • Notes 10,052 total alumni nationwide, with 4,788 practicing in Georgia, and directs the Clerk of the House to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Medical College of Georgia

Legislative Description

Medical College of Georgia; recognize and invite to House

Last Action

House Passed/Adopted

2/10/2014

Full Bill Text

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