House Resolution 119

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                  BY  GIPP and RAECKER
  1  3 A Resolution to honor Representative Jodi S. Tymeson
  1  4    for her promotion to Brigadier General in the Iowa
  1  5    National Guard.
  1  6    WHEREAS, Representative Jodi S. Tymeson was born
  1  7 and raised in Boone County, Iowa, and received a
  1  8 Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of
  1  9 Northern Iowa and a Master's of Public Administration
  1 10 degree from Drake University; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, Representative Tymeson has faithfully
  1 12 served the citizens of Iowa as a State Representative
  1 13 and continues to serve Iowans as chair of the House
  1 14 Education Committee and a member of the committees on
  1 15 Human Resources and Ways and Means, and of the Joint
  1 16 Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, Representative Tymeson has received
  1 18 numerous awards and decorations for her exceptional
  1 19 leadership and dedicated service in the Iowa National
  1 20 Guard since enlisting in 1974; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, on December 6, 2003, Representative
  1 22 Tymeson was officially promoted to the position of
  1 23 Brigadier General in the Iowa National Guard, becoming
  1 24 the first woman in the Iowa National Guard to hold the
  1 25 position of Brigadier General; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the
  1 27 achievements of Representative Tymeson be recognized
  1 28 and honored; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 29    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 30 That the House of Representatives recognizes and
  2  1 honors Representative Tymeson for her dedication to
  2  2 the citizens of the State of Iowa and her promotion to
  2  3 Brigadier General in the Iowa National Guard.
  2  4 LSB 6384YH 80
  2  5 kk/gg/14