HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 32
(By Delegates Craig, Leach, Morgan,
Smirl, Hubbard and Stephens)
[Introduced March 1, 2002; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Eulogizing the untimely death of Paul Wesley Ambrose, M.D., M.P.H.,
who died on September 11, 2001, a victim of the heinous acts
of the terrorists, who crashed the commercial airliner into
the Pentagon.
Whereas, Paul Wesley Ambrose, a native son, was the son of
Sharon Ambrose, chief operating officer at St. Mary's Hospital, and
Dr. Kenneth Paul Ambrose, chairman of the Sociology and
Anthropology Department at Marshall University; and
Whereas, Paul was born in Charleston, West Virginia, while
spending his childhood years in Huntington, West Virginia; and
Whereas, After receiving his undergraduate and medical degrees
from Marshall University, he received a master's degree in public
health from Harvard University; and
Whereas, He was named the Luther Terry Fellow of the
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine just last year; and
Whereas, Afer graduating from medical school, Paul spent a year in Washington, D.C., working as National Director of Legislative
Affairs for the American Medical Student Association, while also
spending three years as a resident at Dartmouth College, where he
formed ties with former United States Surgeon General, C. Everett
Koop, resulting in his designing and administering the "C. Everett
Koop Resident Physician Leadership Symposium" in 1998; and
Whereas, Paul Wesley Ambrose had recently been working in
public health care policy in Washington, D.C., on projects
addressing the critically important issue of obesity that currently
threatens the national health and well-being while, additionally,
working with the secretary of the United States Health and Human
Services and Surgeon General in addressing racial and ethnic
disparities in health; and
Whereas, This vibrant, articulate and talented native son, who
in his short tenure of life had contributed so much toward
humanity, and whose life was cut short by the senseless and cruel
acts of terrorists, will be greatly missed by his family, fiancee
and friends, and by the citizens of this state and nation;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That regret is hereby expressed by the members of the House of
Delegates of the senseless and untimely death of Paul Wesley Ambrose, M.D., M.P.H., a dedicated and civic-minded medical
physician and researcher, scholar, gentleman, and vibrant
personality; but above all, a man who dedicated his life to
improving the lot of humanity; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward
a copy of this resolution to Sharon Ambrose and Dr. Kenneth Paul
Ambrose, the parents of Paul Wesley Ambrose.