Senate Resolution 131 PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY JOHNSON, SHULL, ANGELO, ZIEMAN, MILLER, TINSMAN, 1 3 HOUSER, McKINLEY, HOSCH, KETTERING, BRUNKHORST, 1 4 GASKILL, BOETTGER, McKIBBEN, SIEVERS, SCHUERER, WARD, 1 5 VEENSTRA, DRAKE, REDFERN, LUNDBY, SEYMOUR, BEHN, 1 6 WIECK, REHBERG, PUTNEY, LAMBERTI, IVERSON, BEALL, 1 7 QUIRMBACH, KREIMAN, WARNSTADT, BOLKCOM, SENG, McCOY, 1 8 COURTNEY, RAGAN, HOLVECK, KIBBIE, CONNOLLY, DVORSKY, 1 9 STEWART, HORN, FRAISE, DEARDEN, DOTZLER, HATCH, 1 10 and GRONSTAL 1 11 A Resolution honoring George S. Mills for his service 1 12 to the people of Iowa as a reporter, author, and 1 13 noted Iowa historian. 1 14 WHEREAS, George "Lefty" Mills was born on June 15, 1 15 1906, in Chicago, Illinois, and began his career in 1 16 Iowa in 1928 as a news reporter at the Marshalltown 1 17 Times=Republican, and went on to work for the Iowa 1 18 Daily Press Association, the Associated Press, the 1 19 Cedar Rapids Gazette, the Des Moines Register where he 1 20 worked for nearly 30 years, and WHO=TV; and 1 21 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills became an influential and well= 1 22 respected newsman for his insightful and prolific news 1 23 stories covering many significant and controversial 1 24 Statehouse and political issues, including but not 1 25 limited to the Iowa Caucuses, the 1930s farm riots, 1 26 governors' cars, secret liquor money, sleeping judges, 1 27 Prohibition, reapportionment, and Prairie Meadows; and 1 28 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills' versatile reporting style was 1 29 further evidenced by his human interest stories 1 30 covering both famous and ordinary Iowans from the 2 1 colorful to the tragic, for which he received national 2 2 recognition; and 2 3 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills' keen reporting and research 2 4 skills led to his collection of notes, diaries, 2 5 correspondence, and photographs on many topics 2 6 covering Iowa's rich history over nearly eight 2 7 decades, and included many items which he generously 2 8 donated to the Iowa State Historical Society; and 2 9 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills' tireless energy and affinity 2 10 for Iowa led him to author several books on Iowa 2 11 history including a book on F. M. Hubbell, a book on 2 12 the history of Iowa, and a book on the history of the 2 13 Des Moines Register and the Des Moines Tribune; and 2 14 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills is remembered by family, 2 15 friends, and colleagues for his intelligence and 2 16 enthusiastic and tenacious personality, and as a 2 17 gentleman and a scholar, whose vast knowledge of 2 18 Iowans, Iowa politics, and Iowa history is legendary; 2 19 NOW THEREFORE, 2 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 2 21 honors the memory and the legacy of Mr. George S. 2 22 Mills for his significant journalistic contributions, 2 23 which provided a historical context for current events 2 24 and touched the lives of Iowans from all walks of 2 25 life; and 2 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon passage, the 2 27 Secretary of the Senate shall deliver an official copy 2 28 of this Resolution to his children, Mary Mills Dunea 2 29 of Chicago, Illinois, Thomas M. Mills of Augusta, 2 30 Georgia, George S. Mills III of Rockville, Maryland, 3 1 and Katherine Sweney Mills Mace of Madison, Wisconsin; 3 2 and his brother, Thomas W. Mills of Markeson, 3 3 Wisconsin. 3 4 LSB 5106SS 80 3 5 rh/pj/5