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but must rest until second approval in 2012. The Council on Constitution and Bylaws reviewed them again and will submit a handbook report for final ap- proval at TexMed. 2012.


The amendments, with the changes in bold type, are:


1. Amend Constitution Article V, HOUSE OF DELEGATES, Section 2, as follows:


Sec. 2. House of Delegates member- ship shall consist of: (1) Delegates representing county medical societies, elected in accor- dance with this Constitution and By- laws; and


(2) Ex officio members, including (a) The president, president-elect, immediate past president, secretary/ treasurer, and speaker and vice speak- er of the House of Delegates; (b) Councilors;


(c) Nine members elected at large to the Board of Trustees plus the resi- dent and student members of the board; (d) Texas delegates and alternate del- egates to the American Medical Asso- ciation; (e) Chairs of standing councils and members of the Council on Legisla- tion;


(f) Delegates from the International Medical Graduate Section, Resident and Fellow Section and Young Physi- cian Section; (g) Delegates representing the Medi- cal Student Section from each ap- proved and active Medical Student Section Chapter;


(h) Delegates of medical specialty societies selected in accordance with this Constitution and Bylaws; and (i) As nonvoting members, the chair of TEXPAC, past presidents of the as- sociation who are active or emeritus members, and delegates emeritus of the AMA delegation.


2. Amend Constitution Article VI, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, as follows:


The Board of Trustees shall be com- posed of at-large members elected as provided in the Bylaws and, ex officio,


with vote, the president, president-elect, immediate past president, secretary/ treasurer and speaker and vice speaker of the House of Delegates; and one res- ident and one student member, who shall be appointed annually. This board shall establish interim policy of the as- sociation. All policies established by the Board of Trustees shall be subject to rati- fication by the House of Delegates. The Board of Trustees shall perform other duties as defined in the Bylaws and as may be established by the House of Del- egates. The board shall meet at intervals between meetings of the House of Del- egates.


Dr. Tenery explores medicine’s soul in new book


Robert M. Tenery, MD, one of the most respected voices in medicine and a for- mer TMA president, has given physicians and patients alike much to think about in his latest book, In Search of Medicine’s Moral Compass.


In a series of thought-provoking and


carefully researched chapters, the Dallas ophthalmologist examines why medicine evolved from the days when a physician simply did what he or she thought was


Deaths


John W. Overstreet, MD, 93; Houston; Tulane University School of Medicine, 1943; died Nov. 22, 2011.


C. Dale Parker, MD, 78; Austin; The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1960; died Dec. 17, 2011.


Lewis M. Pincus, DO, 62; Dallas; Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1975; died Nov. 22, 2011.


Joe C. Randel, MD, 79; Abilene; The University of Texas Southwest- ern Medical School, 1957; died Dec. 13, 2011.


Eugene R. Todd, MD, 78; Dallas; The University of Texas Southwest- ern Medical School, Dallas, 1958; died Oct. 21, 2011.


Phieu N. Tran, MD, 84; Amarillo; University of Bordeaux Medical School, France, 1956; died Nov. 4, 2011.


Johan Vaandrager, MD, 83; Garland; Leiden University Medical School, Netherlands, 1958; died Dec. 30, 2011.


Ben H. White, MD, 88; Austin; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1952; died Dec. 9, 2011.


David R. Willhoite, MD, 74; San Antonio; University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, 1963; died Dec. 18, 2011.


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