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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
1 3 RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON GIANNETTO)
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 December
1 8 15, 1905, graduated from Marshalltown High School, in 1924,
1 9 where he was president of the senior class and a member of
1 10 varsity football and basketball teams; and
1 11 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry, after receiving his bachelor of arts
1 12 degree from Ohio State University and his law degree from the
1 13 University of Iowa, began his long, colorful career as a
1 14 special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned
1 15 to New York; and
1 16 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry returned to Iowa briefly to serve as
1 17 county attorney for Marshall County from 1938 to 1941; and
1 18 WHEREAS, during World War II, Mr. Mowry was assigned to the
1 19 Intelligence Unit of the Material Command of the Army Air
1 20 Forces and stationed in Philadelphia; and
1 21 WHEREAS, after World War II, Mr. Mowry was appointed Deputy
1 22 Liquor Commissioner for the State of New York by Governor
1 23 Thomas E. Dewey; and
1 24 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry never forgot his Iowa roots during the
1 25 years he lived on the east coast, returning to Iowa in 1950 to
1 26 become Marshalltown's mayor; and
1 27 WHEREAS, after five years as Marshalltown's mayor, Mr.
1 28 Mowry chose to continue his public service to his community as
1 29 its elected representative to the Iowa General Assembly; and
1 30 WHEREAS, Mr. Mowry is remembered by friends at the Iowa
1 31 General Assembly as a man of conviction, who, while serving
1 32 five terms in the Iowa House of Representatives, served as
1 33 majority floor leader and chair of the Judiciary Committee,
1 34 and who, while serving two terms in the Iowa Senate, served as
1 35 chair of the Commerce Committee; and
2 1 WHEREAS, during his distinguished lifetime, Mr. Mowry was a
2 2 trustee of the Susie Sower Trust for the benefit of the
2 3 Historical Society of Marshall County and was an active,
2 4 lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church and the
2 5 American, Iowa, Marshall County, and New York bar
2 6 associations; and
2 7 WHEREAS, the death of Mr. John L. Mowry on Wednesday
2 8 morning, November 1, 1995, has saddened the citizens of
2 9 Marshall County and constitutes a loss for the City of
2 10 Marshalltown; NOW THEREFORE,
2 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 12 CONCURRING, That the General Assembly posthumously honor Mr.
2 13 John L. Mowry, recognizing his life's many accomplishments and
2 14 his deep commitment to public service, Marshall County, and to
2 15 his beloved Marshalltown; and
2 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate
2 17 send copies of this Resolution to the City of Marshalltown and
2 18 to Mr. Mowry's daughter, Mrs. Madelyn Irvine.
2 19 LSB 3910SC 76
2 20 kh/jj/8
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