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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DR. CATHERINE M.

SHANNON

     Introduced By: Senators Nesselbush, Ruggerio, Lombardi, Coyne, and Conley

     Date Introduced: May 01, 2019

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Dr.

Catherine M. Shannon, devoted mother of Michael Sligar and his wife, Jane Duket, and the

beloved grandmother of Annabelle Sligar; and

     WHEREAS, Catherine Shannon grew up in the City of Worcester, the daughter of Dr.

Paul and Margaret Shannon, and the sister of Paul Shannon, and Dr. Michael Shannon and his

wife, Carolyn. She graduated from the College of New Rochelle, earned a Ph.D. in Anatomy

from Tufts University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve

University in Cleveland; and

     WHEREAS, Upon completing her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Shannon began her

esteemed academic career, teaching at Case Western, Temple University, the University of

Louisville, and Brown University. She subsequently continued her education, attaining her

Medical Degree from the University of Louisville in 1984, followed by an internship and a

residency in Radiology at St. Vincent Hospital, and a fellowship at the University of

Massachusetts; and

     WHEREAS, For more than fifteen years, Dr. Shannon was a radiologist affiliated with

Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, South County Hospital in

Wakefield, and Kent County Hospital in Warwick. In 2007, she moved to Albuquerque, New

Mexico, where she worked for six years with Radiology Associates of Albuquerque until retiring

in 2013; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout her distinguished years in both academia and medicine, Dr.

Shannon was an ultimate professional whose integrity and dedication enriched and saved the lives

of those who were fortunate enough to be part of her illustrious life and career, and she will be

greatly missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Dr. Catherine M. Shannon; and be it

further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Michael Sligar and Family.

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