WHEREAS, highest congratulations and commendations are hereby extended to Dr. Henry G. Herrod, a Tuscaloosa native, on being named Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Herrod, a pediatric immunologist, has served as a member of the University of Tennessee at Memphis faculty since 1978 and currently serves as the Le Bonheur Professor of Pediatrics, an endowed professorship funded through the State of Tennessee's Chair of Excellence Program and Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center; Dr. Herrod has served Le Bonheur as Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs since 1988 and, in 1996, was named Executive Director of the Partnership of Women's and Children's Health; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Herrod received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University and his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and he completed his residency training in pediatrics at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals in 1974; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Herrod received his specialty training in immunology at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, the National Institute of Health's National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, and Duke University Medical Center's Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Diseases; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of his many contributions to the University of Tennessee at Memphis, Dr. Herrod has received numerous awards, including Outstanding Teaching Awards; and
WHEREAS, actively involved in medical associations, Dr. Herrod's professional activities include service since 1997 to the American Board of Allergy and Immunology as the group's representative to the American Board of Medical Specialties; he also served as President of the Southern Society for Pediatric Research and as chairman of the committee on undergraduate and graduate training for the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology; and
WHEREAS, serving the medical profession with integrity, ability, and tireless devotion, Dr. Herrod has made a lasting impression on those individuals with whom he has been associated; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That Dr. Henry G. Herrod is congratulated on being named Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, and commended on his distinguished record of professional service, and it is directed that he receive a copy of this resolution as an expression of highest tribute and esteem.