HR 9153 2003
1	House Resolution
2	A resolution honoring J. Dennis Sexton, former President
3	and CEO of All Children's Hospital.
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5	WHEREAS, employed in 1971 as Director of Development and
6	Community Relations, in 1973 J. Dennis Sexton was named
7	President and CEO of All Children's Hospital, Inc., the leading
8	children's hospital in West Central Florida, providing specialty
9	and subspecialty pediatric care, and
10	WHEREAS, from year-end 1972 through his retirement at the
11	end of 2002, Dennis Sexton was responsible for growth of the
12	hospital as represented by increases in gross revenues from
13	$1,900,000 to $389,000,000; in the number of employees from 165
14	to 2,115; in inpatient admissions from 3,931 to 8,768; and in
15	outpatient visits from 12,379 to 199,610, and
16	WHEREAS, Dennis Sexton was instrumental in winning
17	legislative matched funding in a combined dollar value of
18	$30,758,063 for Chairs dedicated to pediatric research and
19	worked to establish clinics for children and families in
20	Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sarasota, Lee, and Citrus
21	Counties, and
22	WHEREAS, a member of the Florida Hospital Cost Containment
23	Board, the Florida Perinatal Advisory Council, Children’s
24	Medical Services Pediatric Network Advisory Council, the
25	Pediatric Standards Advisory Council, the Campus Advisory Board
26	of the University of South Florida, and the Children’s Miracle
27	Network Board, Dennis Sexton was also a member and Chairman of
28	the Board of Trustees of the National Association of Children’s
29	Hospitals and Related Institutions, the association's Council on
30	Public Policy, and the Child Health Corporation of America, and
31	WHEREAS, J. Dennis Sexton retired on January 3, 2003, after
32	31 years of dedicated and loyal service to All Children’s
33	Hospital, leaving to the children of Florida and to the nation a
34	legacy of improved pediatric health care in the areas of
35	treatment, teaching, and research, NOW, THEREFORE,
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37	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
38	Florida:
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40	That the House of Representative recognizes J. Dennis
41	Sexton for his 31 years of exemplary service and leadership to
42	All Children's Hospital and congratulates him on his retirement.
43	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
44	presented to J. Dennis Sexton as a tangible token of the
45	sentiments expressed herein.