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Bill 3662

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3662
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990303
Primary Sponsor:                  Govan
All Sponsors:                     Govan, Allen, Allison, Altman, Askins, 
                                  Bailey, Bales, Barfield, Barrett, Battle, 
                                  Bauer, Beck, Bowers, Breeland, Campsen, Canty, 
                                  Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, 
                                  Cooper, Cotty, D. Smith, Dantzler, Davenport, 
                                  Delleney, Easterday, Edge, Emory, F. Smith, 
                                  Fleming, G. Brown, Gamble, Gilham, Gourdine, 
                                  H. Brown, Hamilton, Harrell, Harris, Harrison, 
                                  Harvin, Haskins, Hawkins, Hayes, Hinson, 
                                  Howard, Inabinett, J. Brown, J. Hines, 
                                  J. Smith, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, 
                                  Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Lanford, Law, 
                                  Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, 
                                  Loftis, Lourie, Lucas, M. Hines, M. McLeod, 
                                  Mack, Maddox, Martin, Mason, McCraw, McGee, 
                                  McKay, McMahand, Meacham-Richardson, Miller, 
                                  Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, Neilson, Ott, 
                                  Parks, Phillips, Pinckney, Quinn, R. Smith, 
                                  Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Robinson, Rodgers, 
                                  Rutherford, Sandifer, Scott, Seithel, Sharpe, 
                                  Sheheen, Simrill, Stille, Stuart, T. Brown, 
                                  Taylor, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, 
                                  W. McLeod, Walker, Webb, Whatley, Whipper, 
                                  Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, Witherspoon, Woodrum 
                                  and Young-Brickell
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11067mm99.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990304
Subject:                          Dr. Robert Furchgott, Resolutions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990304  Received from Senate
Senate  19990303  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   19990303  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate


                             Versions of This Bill

PROUDLY RECOGNIZING AND HEARTILY CONGRATULATING SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE DR. ROBERT FURCHGOTT ON HIS AWARD OF THE 1998 NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE DECEMBER 10, 1998, AT CEREMONIES IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

Whereas, Dr. Robert Furchgott of Hewlett, Long Island, New York, but formerly of Charleston and Orangeburg, South Carolina, was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for medicine on December 10, 1998, at ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden; and

Whereas, before that prestigious recognition, one of the highlights of his life had been his chance to play in Orangeburg High School's 14-6 defeat of Rock Hill High School on November 27, 1931, for its first state football championship; and

Whereas, his Orangeburg teammates fondly recall the modest but scrappy performance of Dr. Furchgott, who was called off the bench in that historic game sixty-seven years ago to replace an ejected first-teamer; and

Whereas, the citizens of the City of Orangeburg and the State of South Carolina are justifiably proud of Dr. Furchgott's stellar tenure as Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at the State University of New York, Health Science Center in Brooklyn, where he completed most of the research projects which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize for medicine, with Louis Ignarro of California and Ferid Murad of Texas; and

Whereas, their scientific efforts resulted in the discovery that the human body uses nitric oxide gas to make blood vessels relax and widen, a finding that helped lead to the development of Viagra and may lead to successful treatments of other vascular disease; and

Whereas, the folks in Orangeburg still claim Charleston native Robert Furchgott as a home town product, Orangburg being the home of his maternal grandparents, Jacob and Jenny Sorrentrue; and

Whereas, Orangeburg was also the site of his parents' three-year venture into the retail clothing business and his three-year stint on the Orangeburg High Indians football team; and

Whereas, the eighty-two-year-old professor emeritus now lives in Long Island, New York, with his wife Margaret Gallager and winters in Miami, Florida, where he serves as consultant at the University of Miami Medical School; and

Whereas, he reminisces about his exciting high school days in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as he heads south each year; and

Whereas, the State of South Carolina desires to demonstrate that its citizens fondly remember those of its sons who have touched their lives and recognize those of its sons who have accomplished great feats. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the General Assembly of South Carolina proudly recognize and heartily congratulate South Carolina native Dr. Robert Furchgott on his award of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Medicine on December 10, 1998, at ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Dr. Furchgott.

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