REFERENCE TITLE: death resolution; Max Dine

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017

HR 2002

Introduced by Representative Carter

 

A RESOLUTION

 

on the death of Dr. Max Dine.

 

 

 

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Max Dine, M.D., FACP, passed away on June 3, 2016.

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Dine graduated from the Lawrence Academy, Tufts University and Tufts Medical School.

Despite having sudden, severe bouts of depression, Dr. Dine excelled in medical school and was ultimately elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society.  Committed to both the physical and emotional health of his patients, he enjoyed a very successful career as an oncologist in California and helped found Quiet Dreams, a group that sought to fulfill the wishes of cancer victims.

On his retirement in 1998, Dr. Dine became a full-time advocate on behalf of individuals with mental illness, all the while struggling with a bipolar disorder that at times kept him bedridden for weeks.  He cofounded Behavioral Health Consumers in Action, a nonprofit that helped hundreds of people with mental illness by offering them information and assistance in obtaining needed mental health services, skills training and support.  He served on the boards of more than fifteen local organizations that sought to promote the well‑being of those with mental illness.

Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Dine received the Clifford W. Beers Award in 1998 from the National Mental Health Association, the Ken Steele Award in 2000 from the National Alliance on Mental Illness for improving the lives of those living with mental illness and the Business Journal's Health Care Heroes Award in 2002.  Tireless in his advocacy efforts, Dr. Dine engaged in a seven‑year battle to ensure that this state's Civil Rights Act included protection for those with mental illness.  His tremendous commitment to this worthwhile cause won him the Hon Kachina award in 2005, and his quiet approach and dedication earned him the well‑deserved respect and admiration of all who had the privilege to work with him.

Devoted to his family, Dr. Dine will be deeply missed by his wife, Sharon, his children, Lori and Stephen, his stepchildren, Paul and Lynn, and his sister, nephew and grandchildren.

Therefore

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona:

That the Members of the House of Representatives express sincere regret at the passing of Dr. Max Dine and extend their deepest sympathies and condolences to his family and many friends.