sentences:  The only Registered Nurse serving in the legislature when she first came to the Texas Capitol in Austin, McDonald played a key role in securing funding for health and human services programs, authored landmark child immunization legislation, and advocated for AIDS patients; her committee assignments included the vice chairmanship of the appropriations committee, longtime service on the public health committee, and service on the Ways and Means and the labor and employment relations committees.Nancy Hanks McDonald died on May 14, 2007, aged 72, from ovarian cancer.Her husband Will died on August 28, 2007.