MS HR138

Commends and congratulates Dr. Edrie George-Royals upon her induction into the Mississippi Nursing Association Hall of Fame for lifelong achievement and service to nursing in Mississippi

Recognizes her tenure as Dean of the School of Nursing at University of Mississippi Medical Center from 1974 to 1989, during which she established continuing education programs, created a master of science in nursing degree, and secured approval for a doctoral nursing program

Acknowledges her contributions to addressing the state's need for nurses with postgraduate specialty degrees and her focus on nursing needs in all professional decisions

Notes her retirement in 1989 and subsequent marriage to Dr. Jimmy Royals, followed by sailing voyages documented in her 1994 book "One Buoy At a Time"

Directs distribution of the resolution to Dr. George-Royals and members of the Capitol Press Corps