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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY DODERER, CORBETT, SIEGRIST, SCHRADER, BURNETT,
1 3 and BERNAU
1 4 (COMPANION TO LSB 2765SS BY HAMMOND)
1 5 A House Resolution honoring Mr. Michael Gartner for
1 6 winning the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing.
1 7 WHEREAS, Mr. Gartner's maternal grandfather, Dr.
1 8 John Charles Gay, edited the Waterloo Morning Tribune
1 9 and Mr. Gartner's father, Mr. Carl Gartner, was an
1 10 editor for the Des Moines Register for more than 40
1 11 years, ensuring that the pundit's genetic code spelled
1 12 out "newspaperman"; and
1 13 WHEREAS, whenever Mr. Gartner's education and
1 14 career paths led him from Iowa, his self-professed
1 15 love for this state eventually enticed him to return;
1 16 and
1 17 WHEREAS, Mr. Gartner's educational path took him to
1 18 Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and New
1 19 York University where he received his juris doctorate
1 20 degree; and
1 21 WHEREAS, 14 years with the Wall Street Journal as a
1 22 reporter and editor, including five years as a page
1 23 one editor, prepared him for further career successes
1 24 as executive editor, and subsequently editor and
1 25 company president of the Des Moines Register and
1 26 Tribune; general news executive and subsequently
1 27 editor of the Gannett Company's Louisville Courier-
1 28 Journal and Times; president of NBC News; and for his
1 29 current full-time duties as editor and part-owner of
1 30 The Daily Tribune of Ames; and
2 1 WHEREAS, as a columnist for USA Today and the Wall
2 2 Street Journal, commentator for Iowa public radio and
2 3 the Voice of America, and as a fellow at the Institute
2 4 of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at
2 5 Harvard University, Mr. Gartner has ably represented
2 6 this state to the rest of the country; and
2 7 WHEREAS, Mr. Gartner has been praised for
2 8 transforming The Daily Tribune into a lively, well-
2 9 received community newspaper by emphasizing local news
2 10 and writing expressively about the problems of the
2 11 community of Ames and this state; and
2 12 WHEREAS, in an address to the joint convention of
2 13 the General Assembly on Pioneer Lawmakers' Day, March
2 14 28, 1995, the inveterate logophile described Iowa as
2 15 open, clean, and honest and observed that Iowans
2 16 believe in education, hard work, equality, and
2 17 selflessness; attributes which could also describe Mr.
2 18 Gartner; and
2 19 WHEREAS, journalism awards and service to
2 20 journalism are nothing new to Mr. Gartner, who served
2 21 as president of the American Society of Newspaper
2 22 Editors (ASNE); was a member of the Pulitzer Prize
2 23 Board for 10 years, serving as chairman in his final
2 24 year on the board; received the ASNE Distinguished
2 25 Writing Award for Editorial Writing and was runner-up
2 26 for that award for the following three years; and won
2 27 the Walker Stone Award for Editorial Writing; and
2 28 WHEREAS, the Pulitzer Prize is journalism's most
2 29 prestigious award; and
2 30 WHEREAS, it was announced on April 7, 1997, that
3 1 Michael Gartner of The Daily Tribune of Ames, Iowa, is
3 2 the recipient of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for editorial
3 3 writing, based on nine editorials he wrote during 1996
3 4 for The Daily Tribune; NOW THEREFORE,
3 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
3 6 That the House recognize and honor Mr. Michael Gartner
3 7 for his lifetime of work and achievements, especially
3 8 his outstanding accomplishment in winning the 1997
3 9 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, and mark its
3 10 appreciation for his steadfast love and enthusiasm for
3 11 the people and the state of Iowa.
3 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
3 13 this Resolution be prepared for presentation to Mr.
3 14 Gartner.
3 15 LSB 2765HH 77
3 16 kh/jj/8
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