IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1280 
Commending the University of South Alabama on the occasion of its 60th 
anniversary and its years of service to the State of Alabama and the 
United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2024 
Mr. CARL (for himself, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 
ADERHOLT, Mr. STRONG, Mr. PALMER, and Ms. SEWELL) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the University of South Alabama on the occa-
sion of its 60th anniversary and its years of service 
to the State of Alabama and the United States. 
Whereas the University of South Alabama was chartered by 
a Legislative Act on May 3, 1963, following the efforts 
of local leaders who saw a great need for a 4-year-degree- 
granting institution along the fast-growing Alabama Gulf 
Coast; 
Whereas the University of South Alabama’s first classes were 
held on June 8, 1964, on a new campus in West Mobile, 
with 276 total students; 
Whereas, in 1969, the Alabama Legislature passed a resolu-
tion establishing a new medical school and, in 1973, the 
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University of South Alabama began providing medical 
education at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medi-
cine; 
Whereas, in 1970, the University of South Alabama’s adop-
tion of Mobile General Hospital and the creation of its 
new medical school gave rise to what is today University 
of South Alabama Health (USA Health); 
Whereas USA Health in Mobile, Alabama— 
(1) is the only academic health system along the 
upper Gulf Coast; 
(2) is home to USA Health Children’s & Women’s 
Hospital, which serves the area with the only pediatric 
emergency center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care 
Unit, and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; 
(3) is home to USA Health University Hospital, 
which serves the area with the only Level I trauma cen-
ter, burn center, and compressive stroke center; 
(4) is home to USA Health Providence Hospital, 
which serves the area with a full-service, 349-bed hospital 
that provides 24/7 emergency care and a Level III trau-
ma center; 
(5) is home to the USA Health Mitchell Cancer In-
stitute, which serves the area as the only academic cancer 
treatment and research facility along the upper Gulf 
Coast, using continuous research and technological ad-
vancements to best treat patients; and 
(6) is home to the USA Health Physician Enter-
prise, the region’s largest multispecialty practice, pro-
viding patients with primary and specialty care, including 
many services unique in the community; 
Whereas, from its first class of 276 students, the University 
of South Alabama has grown to host more than 13,500 
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students annually, participating in over 115 under-
graduate, graduate, and doctoral programs through its 
10 colleges and schools; 
Whereas the University of South Alabama’s offerings in-
clude— 
(1) programs in medicine, nursing, and allied health 
with 1 of only 2 allopathic medical schools in the State; 
(2) an established College of Nursing; 
(3) a burgeoning School of Marine and Environ-
mental Sciences adjacent to the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and 
the Gulf of Mexico; 
(4) a comprehensive College of Engineering; and 
(5) programs in business, computing, education, the 
sciences, and humanities; 
Whereas the University of South Alabama is dedicated to 
supporting the academic success of student-athletes while 
striving for on-field success; 
Whereas the University of South Alabama, a charter member 
of the Sun Belt Conference, is composed of 17 Division 
I men’s and women’s programs, including football, bas-
ketball, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, 
cross country, and track and field; and 
Whereas the University of South Alabama has distinguished 
itself by producing alumni who have excelled in various 
sectors, including research, medicine, business, education, 
engineering, the sciences, the arts, and athletics, among 
others: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the University of South Alabama 
on the occasion of its 60th anniversary and its years 
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of service to the State of Alabama and the United 
States; 
(2) recognizes the University of South Alabama 
for its education, research, and health care service 
as the flagship of the Gulf Coast; and 
(3) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives transmit an enrolled copy 
of this resolution to— 
(A) the President of the University of 
South Alabama, the Honorable Jo Bonner; 
(B) the Executive Vice President and Pro-
vost of the University of South Alabama, Dr. 
Andrea Kent; 
(C) the Dean of the Frederick P. Whiddon 
College of Medicine and Vice President for 
Medical Affairs at the University of South Ala-
bama, Dr. John Marymont; 
(D) the Chief Executive Officer and Senior 
Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs at 
USA Health, Mr. Owen Bailey; and 
(E) the Director of Athletics of the Univer-
sity of South Alabama, Dr. Joel Erdmann. 
Æ 
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