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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY DVORSKY and BOLKCOM 1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 1968HH BY GRUNDBERG) 1 4 A Resolution recognizing the achievements of Nancy Coover 1 5 Andreasen. 1 6 WHEREAS, Nancy Coover Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., the 1 7 Andrew Woods Chair of Psychiatry, University of Iowa 1 8 College of Medicine, Editor of the American Journal of 1 9 Psychiatry, and author of hundreds of articles and 1 10 books including "The Broken Brain: The Biological 1 11 Revolution in Psychiatry" in 1984, is recognized 1 12 internationally for her distinguished contributions as 1 13 an educator, author, researcher, and provider of 1 14 mental health services in the field of psychiatry; and 1 15 WHEREAS, in her over 30 years of study and research 1 16 in the field of psychiatry, Dr. Andreasen has been a 1 17 leader and a visionary in her profession by, in 1 18 addition to her vast number of other accomplishments, 1 19 developing a tool to evaluate psychiatric 1 20 abnormalities and to rank their severity, which 1 21 evolved into a tool to rate symptoms of schizophrenia 1 22 becoming a "citation classic," cited more than the 1 23 works of Sigmund and Anna Freud combined; utilizing 1 24 neuroimaging to pinpoint and measure the biological 1 25 basis of human behavior in mental illness, 1 26 particularly schizophrenia; and being the first to 1 27 demonstrate a relationship between manic-depressive 1 28 illness and creativity; and 1 29 WHEREAS, while Dr. Andreasen has been recognized by 1 30 her peers for her contributions to her profession with 2 1 numerous honors and awards, she is also recognized for 2 2 her compassion toward her patients, as an advocate for 2 3 persons with chronic mental illness, and as a person 2 4 who through her unique ability to make brain research 2 5 understandable to the public has provided relief and 2 6 hope to persons with mental illness and their 2 7 families; and 2 8 WHEREAS, Dr. Andreasen once analogized the need for 2 9 a vision of the future in scientific research to 2 10 hockey, recalling a quote from Wayne Gretzky: "I 2 11 skate to where the puck will be, not to where it is"; 2 12 and 2 13 WHEREAS, Dr. Andreasen has received numerous 2 14 honors, including most recently the President's 2 15 National Medal of Science on December 1, 2000, which 2 16 has only been awarded to 374 distinguished scientists 2 17 and engineers and to only three Iowans since its 2 18 inception in 1959; and 2 19 WHEREAS, the inscription on the President's 2 20 National Medal of Science awarded to Dr. Andreasen 2 21 reads, "For her pivotal contributions to the social 2 22 and behavioral sciences, through the integrative study 2 23 of mind, brain, and behavior, by joining behavioral 2 24 science with the technologies of neuroscience and 2 25 neuroimaging in order to understand mental processes 2 26 such as memory and creativity, and mental illnesses 2 27 such as schizophrenia"; and 2 28 WHEREAS, Dr. Andreasen's humility in the midst of 2 29 all the acclaim is best typified by her own words in 2 30 acknowledging her most recent award: "I am a firm 3 1 believer that the importance of one's work is the 3 2 process of doing it, not in getting awards. When I 3 3 die, I don't care what prizes I won. I care about 3 4 what contributions I can make through my work"; NOW 3 5 THEREFORE, 3 6 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 3 7 recognizes Dr. Andreasen not only as an award-winning, 3 8 internationally acknowledged psychiatrist, educator, 3 9 researcher, and author, but as an Iowa treasure who 3 10 through her genuine compassion and dedication has 3 11 improved the lives of and has provided hope and 3 12 understanding to persons with mental illness and their 3 13 families. 3 14 LSB 1968SS 79 3 15 pf/cf/24
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