2019 -- S 0844 | |
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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 | |
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Introduced By: Senators Nesselbush, Ruggerio, Lombardi, Coyne, and Conley | |
Date Introduced: May 01, 2019 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Dr. |
2 | Catherine M. Shannon, devoted mother of Michael Sligar and his wife, Jane Duket, and the |
3 | beloved grandmother of Annabelle Sligar; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Catherine Shannon grew up in the City of Worcester, the daughter of Dr. |
5 | Paul and Margaret Shannon, and the sister of Paul Shannon, and Dr. Michael Shannon and his |
6 | wife, Carolyn. She graduated from the College of New Rochelle, earned a Ph.D. in Anatomy |
7 | from Tufts University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve |
8 | University in Cleveland; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Upon completing her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Shannon began her |
10 | esteemed academic career, teaching at Case Western, Temple University, the University of |
11 | Louisville, and Brown University. She subsequently continued her education, attaining her |
12 | Medical Degree from the University of Louisville in 1984, followed by an internship and a |
13 | residency in Radiology at St. Vincent Hospital, and a fellowship at the University of |
14 | Massachusetts; and |
15 | WHEREAS, For more than fifteen years, Dr. Shannon was a radiologist affiliated with |
16 | Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, South County Hospital in |
17 | Wakefield, and Kent County Hospital in Warwick. In 2007, she moved to Albuquerque, New |
18 | Mexico, where she worked for six years with Radiology Associates of Albuquerque until retiring |
19 | in 2013; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Throughout her distinguished years in both academia and medicine, Dr. |
2 | Shannon was an ultimate professional whose integrity and dedication enriched and saved the lives |
3 | of those who were fortunate enough to be part of her illustrious life and career, and she will be |
4 | greatly missed; now, therefore be it |
5 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
6 | hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Dr. Catherine M. Shannon; and be it |
7 | further |
8 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
9 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Michael Sligar and Family. |
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