City of Philadelphia - File #: 100559

• File #: 100559
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/16/2010
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Title: Honoring Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr., for a Lifetime of Achievements in Philanthropic Giving Including Generous Support of African-American Causes in the Arts, Culture, Health and Education.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Greenlee, Council President Verna, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Green, Councilmember DiCicco

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/16/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced, Read and Adopted	Pass

Title
Honoring Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr., for a Lifetime of Achievements in Philanthropic Giving Including Generous Support of African-American Causes in the Arts, Culture, Health and Education.
Body
WHEREAS, Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr., was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he attended Smith Elementary School, Barrett Junior High and Central High School, graduating at the age of 16; and

WHEREAS, He continued his education at LaSalle University and the Hahnemann Medical College; and

WHEREAS, He opened his medical practice in South Philadelphia in 1958 and eventually became a pioneer in the managed healthcare industry, founding several healthcare providers including Correctional Healthcare Solutions, Inc., with operations in sixteen states and sixty correctional institutions and Healthcare Management Alternatives, Inc., which managed delivery of healthcare services to some eighty-thousand Medicaid recipients in South and West Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Lomax was quoted as saying that, "I had some of the best patients in the world. The business of medicine has been as rewarding as the practice of medicine,"; and

WHEREAS, His professional affiliations have included such distinguished institutions as the Pennsylvania and Graduate Hospitals and teaching on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and

WHEREAS, During a lifetime of hard work and ingenuity, Dr. Lomax has grown his once small medical practice into the Lomax Companies including: Workers Comp Management, Inc.; LEVAS, Inc., which publishes HealthQuest: The Publication of Black Wellness; and InfoTech Services, Inc., which develops software for managed care providers; and

WHEREAS, His accomplishments in medicine and business are exceeded only by his philanthropic giving including generous support of African-American causes in the arts, culture, health and education, including a scholarship program in his parents' name, to benefit African-American medical stu...