SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 49          WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to   recognize Colonel Stefanie Watkins Nance on her 21 years of   distinguished military service and her exemplary leadership at   Joint Base San Antonio; and          WHEREAS, A native of New York, Stefanie Watkins Nance   earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from the University of   Southern California and a doctor of medicine from Howard   University; she entered active duty with the United States Air   Force in 2004 and completed her first residency in pediatrics at   Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and five additional years   as the sole staff pediatrician at Goodfellow Air Force Base in   San Angelo; and          WHEREAS, This devoted surgeon and administrator earned   recognition as chief of medical staff for the 82nd Medical Group   at Sheppard Air Force Base, and she went on to earn a master's   degree in public health from The University of Texas at Austin in   2015 while contributing her expertise as a legislative aide for   Senator Royce West; and          WHEREAS, In the course of her distinguished career,   Colonel Watkins Nance has attained certification as an aerospace   medicine specialist and as a certified physician executive, and   she has provided pivotal leadership in operational medicine,   aerospace medicine, and public health roles throughout such   major events as the COVID-19 pandemic and the United States'    withdrawal from Afghanistan; and          WHEREAS, Colonel Watkins Nance was assigned to Joint Base   San Antonio in August of 2023 to serve as a medical member of the   Formal Physical Education Board, and she is retiring as   department chair of Primary Care Services at the 59th Medical   Operations Group, where she has provided strategic, clinical,   and administrative direction for the Air Force's largest   military treatment facility and sole ambulatory surgical center   since September of 2024; and          WHEREAS, A highly decorated medical expert, Colonel   Watkins Nance is a member of numerous professional associations   and has earned highly revered awards and decorations, including a   Meritorious Service Award with three oak leaf clusters and the   Chief of the Medical Staff Commitment to Excellence Award; her   work has advanced military medical readiness, strengthened   health policy, and expanded access to quality health care for   countless service members and their families, and she is truly   deserving of recognition for her more than two decades of   patriotic service; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th   Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Colonel Stefanie   Watkins Nance on her exemplary career of service and her devotion   in the line of duty and extend to her best wishes in all her   endeavors; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for   her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.     West                 ________________________________          President of the Senate               I hereby certify that the     above Resolution was adopted by     the Senate on September 4, 2025.                 ________________________________          Secretary of the Senate                 ________________________________           Member, Texas Senate