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Joan Wood, M.D. passed away August 7, 2011 on Redington Beach. The following resolution was presented posthumously.
Resolution
WHEREAS, Joan E. Wood was born on July 17, 1944 in Ashtabula, Ohio and received her Bachelor of Arts
degree in 1966 from University of Florida and her Doctor of Medicine Degree in 1970 from University of
Florida, and became board certified in Forensic Pathology in 1974; and,
WHEREAS, Dr. Joan E. Wood proudly served as the District Six Medical Examiner from 1982 until 2000 and as
the Executive Director of the Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory from 1986 until 2000; and,
WHEREAS, Dr. Wood, before her appointment to the Commission, was a district medical examiner who was very
interested and active in Commission matters as manifested by the fact that she was the Commission’s
representative on (and served as chairman of) the Florida Violent Crime Council and the Organ and Tissue
Procurement Advisory Board, as well as participating in numerous community and statewide task forces, review
teams, and work groups dealing with forensic matters; and
WHEREAS, as a further indication of her enthusiasm for forensic medicine, Dr. Wood was a member of and
served an active role in numerous professional organizations such as the National Association of Medical
Examiners, the Florida Crime Laboratory Council, the National Forensic Science Technology Center, and the
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors; and
WHEREAS, since Dr. Wood was first appointed to the Commission by Governor Lawton Chiles in 1994 and
served until September, 2000, she was elected as the Commission’s chairman every year, and during her six year
tenure she assertively and wisely oversaw the many very important and sometimes difficult issues that came
before the Commission ; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Wood’s professionalism, leadership, vast knowledge of the issues, and her lack of timidity in
taking on the tough issues facing the Commission earned her respect and admiration among families,
professionals, and legislators throughout Florida;
NOW THEREFORE let it be resolved that this Commission on behalf of Florida’s Medical Examiners and all of
the citizens of Florida whom she served so well, does hereby recognize and posthumously thank Dr. Joan E.
Wood for the dedication, service and valuable guidance she has offered to the Florida Medical Examiners System,
and for her many years of exemplary and dedicated public service to her community and to the field of forensic
pathology.
PASSED AND RECORDED, in the official minutes of the Medical Examiners Commission meeting on this
Wednesday, the 31st day of August, 2011, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida.
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