HONORARY RESOLUTION FOR DR. DONALD R. HOPKINS
WHEREAS, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins has faithfully served as the Vice President of Health Programs for The Carter Center, the renowned non-governmental not-for-profit organization whose mission it is to advance human rights and alleviate sul'fering for all; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins received his Bachelors Degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, his Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Chicago, his Masters in Public Health from Harvard University, all world-class educational institutes; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins has received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the prestigious Harvard University, as well as honorary degrees from Morehouse College, Emory University and Morehouse School of Medicine, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at University of Massachusetts-Lowell; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins is noted for his exceptional work in Siena Leone fighting smallpox using innovative techniques. Conuary to conventional wisdom at the time, Dr. Hopkins raced to new outbreaks and vaccinated those unaffected in the area, in larger and larger circles, until he had eliminated the outbreak. The success of Dr. Hopkins' strategy is testified by its acceptance as best practice by immunologists throughout the world; and by the eradication of smallpox, the first and only human disease to be eradicated; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins has been a top crusader for the fight in eradicating Guinea worm disease, incredibly bringing down the number of reported cases from 3.5 million per year in 1986 to fewer than 150 in 2013. Dr. Hopkins has reported that he is increasingly confident that the disease will not outlive him; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins has authored a multitude of books and scholarly papers on the subject of disease eradication including the book "Princes and Peasants: Smallpox in History" which was nominated in 1983 for a Pulitzer Prize; and
WHEREAS, The MacArthur Founda...
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