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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY GRUNDBERG, SMITH, LENSING, MASCHER, FOEGE, MYERS, 1 3 ALONS, ARNOLD, ATTEBERRY, BARRY, BAUDLER, BELL, BOAL, 1 4 BODDICKER, BOGGESS, BRADLEY, BRAUNS, BROERS, 1 5 BRUNKHORST, CARROLL, CONNORS, De BOEF, DIX, DOLECHECK, 1 6 DOTZLER, DRAKE, EDDIE, EICHHORN, ELGIN, FALCK, FALLON, 1 7 FINCH, FORD, FREVERT, GARMAN, GIPP, GREIMANN, HAHN, 1 8 HANSEN, HEATON, HOFFMAN, HORBACH, HOUSER, HOVERSTEN, 1 9 HUSEMAN, HUSER, JACOBS, JENKINS, JOCHUM, JOHNSON, 1 10 KETTERING, KLEMME, KUHN, LARKIN, LARSON, MANTERNACH, 1 11 MAY, MERTZ, METCALF, MILLAGE, MURPHY, O'BRIEN, 1 12 OSTERHAUS, QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS, RAYHONS, REKOW, 1 13 REYNOLDS, RICHARDSON, ROBERTS, SCHERRMAN, SCHRADER, 1 14 SENG, SHEY, SIEGRIST, SIEVERS, SUKUP, D. TAYLOR, 1 15 T. TAYLOR, TEIG, TYMESON, TYRRELL, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, 1 16 VAN FOSSEN, WARNSTADT, WEIDMAN, and WITT 1 17 A Resolution recognizing the achievements of Nancy Coover 1 18 Andreasen. 1 19 WHEREAS, Nancy Coover Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., the 1 20 Andrew Woods Chair of Psychiatry, University of Iowa 1 21 College of Medicine, Editor of the American Journal of 1 22 Psychiatry, and author of hundreds of articles and 1 23 books including "The Broken Brain: The Biological 1 24 Revolution in Psychiatry" in 1984, is recognized 1 25 internationally for her distinguished contributions as 1 26 an educator, author, researcher, and provider of 1 27 mental health services in the field of psychiatry; and 1 28 WHEREAS, in her over 30 years of study and research 1 29 in the field of psychiatry, Dr. Andreasen has been a 1 30 leader and a visionary in her profession by, in 2 1 addition to her vast number of other accomplishments, 2 2 developing a tool to evaluate psychiatric 2 3 abnormalities and to rank their severity, which 2 4 evolved into a tool to rate symptoms of schizophrenia 2 5 becoming a "citation classic," cited more than the 2 6 works of Sigmund and Anna Freud combined; utilizing 2 7 neuroimaging to pinpoint and measure the biological 2 8 basis of human behavior in mental illness, 2 9 particularly schizophrenia; and being the first to 2 10 demonstrate a relationship between manic-depressive 2 11 illness and creativity; and 2 12 WHEREAS, while Dr. Andreasen has been recognized by 2 13 her peers for her contributions to her profession with 2 14 numerous honors and awards, she is also recognized for 2 15 her compassion toward her patients, as an advocate for 2 16 persons with chronic mental illness, and as a person 2 17 who through her unique ability to make brain research 2 18 understandable to the public has provided relief and 2 19 hope to persons with mental illness and their 2 20 families; and 2 21 WHEREAS, Dr. Andreasen once analogized the need for 2 22 a vision of the future in scientific research to 2 23 hockey, recalling a quote from Wayne Gretzky: "I 2 24 skate to where the puck will be, not to where it is"; 2 25 and 2 26 WHEREAS, Dr. Andreasen has received numerous 2 27 honors, including most recently the President's 2 28 National Medal of Science on December 1, 2000, which 2 29 has only been awarded to 374 distinguished scientists 2 30 and engineers and to only three Iowans since its 3 1 inception in 1959; and 3 2 WHEREAS, the inscription on the President's 3 3 National Medal of Science awarded to Dr. Andreasen 3 4 reads, "For her pivotal contributions to the social 3 5 and behavioral sciences, through the integrative study 3 6 of mind, brain, and behavior, by joining behavioral 3 7 science with the technologies of neuroscience and 3 8 neuroimaging in order to understand mental processes 3 9 such as memory and creativity, and mental illnesses 3 10 such as schizophrenia"; and 3 11 WHEREAS, Dr. Andreasen's humility in the midst of 3 12 all the acclaim is best typified by her own words in 3 13 acknowledging her most recent award: "I am a firm 3 14 believer that the importance of one's work is the 3 15 process of doing it, not in getting awards. When I 3 16 die, I don't care what prizes I won. I care about 3 17 what contributions I can make through my work"; NOW 3 18 THEREFORE, 3 19 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 3 20 That the House of Representatives recognizes Dr. 3 21 Andreasen not only as an award-winning, 3 22 internationally acknowledged psychiatrist, educator, 3 23 researcher, and author, but as an Iowa treasure who 3 24 through her genuine compassion and dedication has 3 25 improved the lives of and has provided hope and 3 26 understanding to persons with mental illness and their 3 27 families. 3 28 LSB 1968HH 79 3 29 pf/cf/24.1
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