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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
1 3 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 2175)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution posthumously honoring Mr. John L.
1 5 Mowry and recognizing his many contributions to city,
1 6 state, and federal government.
1 7 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry was born in Baxter, Iowa, on
1 8 December 15, 1905, graduated from Marshalltown High
1 9 School, in 1924, where he was president of the senior
1 10 class and a member of varsity football and basketball
1 11 teams; and
1 12 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry, after receiving his bachelor of
1 13 arts degree from Ohio State University and his law
1 14 degree from the University of Iowa, began his long,
1 15 colorful career as a special agent for the Federal
1 16 Bureau of Investigation assigned to New York; and
1 17 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry returned to Iowa briefly to
1 18 serve as county attorney for Marshall County from 1938
1 19 to 1941; and
1 20 WHEREAS, during World War II, Mr. Mowry was
1 21 assigned to the Intelligence Unit of the Materiel
1 22 Command of the Army Air Forces and stationed in
1 23 Philadelphia; and
1 24 WHEREAS, after World War II, Mr. Mowry was
1 25 appointed Deputy Liquor Commissioner for the State of
1 26 New York by Governor Thomas E. Dewey; and
1 27 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry never forgot his Iowa roots
1 28 during the years he lived on the east coast, returning
1 29 to Iowa in 1950 to become Marshalltown's mayor; and
1 30 WHEREAS, after five years as Marshalltown's mayor,
2 1 Mr. Mowry chose to continue his public service to his
2 2 community as its elected representative to the Iowa
2 3 General Assembly; and
2 4 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry is remembered by friends at the
2 5 Iowa General Assembly as a man of conviction, who,
2 6 while serving five terms in the Iowa House of
2 7 Representatives, served as majority floor leader and
2 8 chair of the Judiciary Committee, and who, while
2 9 serving two terms in the Iowa Senate, served as chair
2 10 of the Commerce Committee; and
2 11 WHEREAS, during his distinguished lifetime, Mr.
2 12 Mowry was a trustee of the Susie Sower Trust for the
2 13 benefit of the Historical Society of Marshall County
2 14 and was an active, lifetime member of the First
2 15 Presbyterian Church and the American, Iowa, Marshall
2 16 County, and New York bar associations; and
2 17 WHEREAS, the death of Mr. John L. Mowry on
2 18 Wednesday morning, November 1, 1995, has saddened the
2 19 citizens of Marshall County and constitutes a loss for
2 20 the City of Marshalltown; NOW THEREFORE,
2 21 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 22 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
2 23 posthumously honor Mr. John L. Mowry, recognizing his
2 24 life's many accomplishments and his deep commitment to
2 25 public service, Marshall County, and to his beloved
2 26 Marshalltown; and
2 27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
2 28 Senate send copies of this Resolution to the City of
2 29 Marshalltown and to Mr. Mowry's daughter, Mrs. Madelyn
2 30 Irvine.
3 1 LSB 3910SV 76
3 2 kh/jj/8.1
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