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MS SC572
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Recognizes and salutes Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, USPHS, a native of Mobile, Alabama, on her appointment as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States
- Benjamin was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 13, 2009, and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on October 29, 2009
- She operated a nonprofit rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, serving patients from neighboring Mississippi, and rebuilt the clinic twice after it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and a fire in 2006
- In 1995, she became the first physician under age 40 and the first African-American woman elected to the American Medical Association's Board of Trustees
- The resolution directs that a copy be presented to Vice Admiral Benjamin and forwarded to the Public Health Service, the Mississippi State Department of Health, and Mississippi's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Recognize the 18th Surgeon General of the United States, Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, USPHS.
Last Action
Enrolled Bill Signed
2/17/2010
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