House Resolution 119 PAG LIN 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