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1 1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 2
1 2
1 3 A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 4 RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE OLD STATE HISTORICAL
1 5 BUILDING AS THE OLA BABCOCK MILLER STATE OFFICE BUILDING.
1 6 WHEREAS, it has become accepted procedure to name state
1 7 office buildings in the Capitol Complex in honor of persons
1 8 significant in Iowa's history and heritage; and
1 9 WHEREAS, the state office building located at 1112 East
1 10 Grand Avenue, which houses the State Library, the Board of
1 11 Regents, and the Crime Victim Assistance Division of the
1 12 Attorney General's Office, has not had a name change since the
1 13 construction of the New Historical Building and has therefore
1 14 simply been called the Old State Historical Building; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women has
1 16 recommended that this building be named in commemoration of a
1 17 distinguished Iowa native and member of the Iowa Women's Hall
1 18 of Fame, Viola "Ola" Babcock Miller, who made a lifetime
1 19 commitment to public service in the State of Iowa; and
1 20 WHEREAS, Ola Babcock Miller began her service as an
1 21 advocate and a leader in the state for women's suffrage; and
1 22 WHEREAS, Ola Babcock Miller was elected in 1932 as Iowa's
1 23 first female Secretary of State and was reelected twice, dying
1 24 at age 65 while serving her third term; and
1 25 WHEREAS, Ola Babcock Miller's most outstanding achievement
1 26 was that of founding the Iowa State Patrol, after convincing
1 27 the state legislature that a statewide law enforcement agency
1 28 was needed, particularly to enforce highway safety laws; and
1 29 WHEREAS, the Iowa State Patrol was created in 1935 and
1 30 placed under Ola Babcock Miller's control where it grew from a
1 31 force of 50 men to 150 patrol officers by 1938; and
1 32 WHEREAS, today, the Iowa State Patrol, part of the
1 33 Department of Public Safety, has 439 patrol officers, 13 of
1 34 whom are women; and
1 35 WHEREAS, in her position as Secretary of State, Ola Babcock
2 1 Miller lobbied for other issues of import, which included a
2 2 1935 campaign against drunken drivers; and
2 3 WHEREAS, Ola Babcock Miller, in her private life, served in
2 4 leadership positions in numerous organizations, including the
2 5 PEO Sisterhood, serving at different times as both its state
2 6 and national president; NOW THEREFORE,
2 7
2 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
2 9
2 10 That the state office building located at 1112 East Grand
2 11 Avenue, which houses the State Library, the Board of Regents,
2 12 and the Crime Victim Assistance Division of the Attorney
2 13 General's Office is named the Ola Babcock Miller State Office
2 14 Building in honor of Viola "Ola" Babcock Miller; and that an
2 15 appropriate commemorative plaque be placed near the entrance
2 16 of the Ola Babcock Miller State Office Building in recognition
2 17 of Ola Babcock Miller and the outstanding contributions she
2 18 made to the state in her public and private service.
2 19
2 20
2 21
2 22 MARY E. KRAMER
2 23 President of the Senate
2 24
2 25
2 26
2 27 RON J. CORBETT
2 28 Speaker of the House
2 29
2 30 I hereby certify that this resolution originated in the Senate
2 31 and is known as Senate Joint Resolution 2, Seventy-eighth General
2 32 Assembly.
2 33
2 34
2 35
3 1 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
3 2 Secretary of the Senate
3 3 Approved , 1999
3 4
3 5
3 6
3 7 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 8 Governor
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