Bill 3720

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3720
Type of Legislation:               Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970325
Primary Sponsor:                   Spearman
All Sponsors:                      Spearman, Allison, Byrd,
                                   Cobb-Hunter, Gamble, Hinson, Lee,
                                   Martin, Meacham, Miller,
                                   Moody-Lawrence, Mullen, Neilson,
                                   Parks, Rodgers, Seithel, Stuart and
                                   Young-Brickell 
Drafted Document Number:           jic\5977ac.97
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:      19970326
Subject:                           Palmira Silva Snape, M. D.,
                                   Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970326  Received from Senate
Senate  19970326  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   19970325  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate

TO RECOGNIZE PALMIRA SILVA SNAPE, M. D., OF GREENVILLE COUNTY, AS THE GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL JEAN LANEY HARRIS MEMORIAL LUNCHEON AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT DAY ON MARCH 26, 1997.

Whereas, Palmira Silva Snape, M. D., of Greenville County will be the guest speaker at the First Annual Jean Laney Harris Memorial Luncheon at the South Carolina in Government day March 26, 1997, in Columbia, sponsored by the Women's Caucus of the South Carolina General Assembly; and

Whereas, Dr. Snape received her medical doctorate degree from the Medical College of South Carolina and currently is in general practice in Greenville, South Carolina; and

Whereas, Dr. Snape has been very active in medical education and has served as the Director of the Family Practice Residency program in the Greenville Hospital System since 1990; she has numerous publications to her credit and has been active in clinical research; and

Whereas, Dr. Snape, who has served as President of the South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians and the Greenville County Medical Society and who has held numerous other professional positions, is not only well known and respected in South Carolina, but she is also known nationally and internationally. She was selected by Good Housekeeping as one of the Top Ten Family Physicians of the Year in 1982, and she has served on many national family practice committees and has presented countless papers at national and international conferences; and

Whereas, in addition to her vast professional activities, Dr. Snape has been very involved in community medicine both locally, having served on many local boards and task forces including the American Cancer Society and on Friends of Hospice and internationally as a medical missionary in Africa, the Caribbean, and South America; and

Whereas, Dr. Snape, tireless in upholding the highest ideals of the medical profession, is also devoted in her service to the people of Greenville in myriad capacities, all of which have served to provide an exceptional role model and mentor for many young women and men not only in Greenville but in the State of South Carolina; and

Whereas, it is most appropriate and very fitting to have a woman of such stature, leadership, compassion, and devotion to public service to address the first Annual Jean Laney Harris Luncheon. Now therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That, by this resolution, the members of the General Assembly recognize Palmira Silva Snape, M. D., of Greenville County, as the guest speaker for the First Annual Jean Laney Harris Memorial Luncheon at the South Carolina Women in Government Day on March 26, 1997.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. Palmira Silva Snape.