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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 By DEARDEN 1 3 A Senate Resolution honoring Major General Warren G. 1 4 Lawson, recommending Major General Warren G. Lawson 1 5 for the Iowa Medal of Valor, and designating a Major 1 6 General Warren G. Lawson Day. 1 7 WHEREAS, Major General Warren G. Lawson entered the 1 8 United States Army as an infantry second lieutenant 1 9 upon completion of the University of Iowa Reserve 1 10 Training Corps Program and after an outstanding career 1 11 on the University of Iowa football team; and 1 12 WHEREAS, Major General Lawson retired from active 1 13 service in the United States Army in 1979 to return to 1 14 his home and to become the Iowa National Guard Deputy 1 15 Adjutant General, and to subsequently be appointed as 1 16 the Iowa National Guard Adjutant General in 1985; and 1 17 WHEREAS, Major General Lawson has provided 1 18 exceptional leadership for members of the Iowa Army 1 19 National Guard and the Iowa Air National Guard through 1 20 the Iowa National Guard's years of greatest 1 21 operational readiness and activity in its history, 1 22 with Major General Lawson's leadership being 1 23 recognized by his tenure as President of the Adjutant 1 24 General's Association from 1995 to 1997; and 1 25 WHEREAS, under Major General Lawson's leadership, 1 26 the operational readiness of the Iowa National Guard 1 27 units across the state achieved record heights, and 1 28 members of the Iowa Army National Guard and Iowa Air 1 29 National Guard were deployed to serve in the Persian 1 30 Gulf War and the Bosnian peacekeeping mission, and to 2 1 enforce the North Atlantic Treaty Organization "no- 2 2 fly" zones over Northern and Southern Iraq, each time 2 3 bringing great pride and credit to Iowa and the United 2 4 States; and 2 5 WHEREAS, Major General Lawson directed countless 2 6 state active duty operations, including the deployment 2 7 of 4,600 Iowa National Guardsmen during the record- 2 8 setting floods of 1993, thereby reducing the negative 2 9 effects of the many emergencies and disasters on the 2 10 citizens of Iowa; and 2 11 WHEREAS, Major General Lawson has been a driving 2 12 force in the establishment of a nationwide distance 2 13 learning network, as well as the establishment of the 2 14 United States Army's National Maintenance Training 2 15 Center and the youth-oriented STARBASE Program at Camp 2 16 Dodge; NOW THEREFORE, 2 17 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the General 2 18 Assembly recommends to the Governor that the Iowa 2 19 Medal of Valor be presented to Major General Warren G. 2 20 Lawson; and 2 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly 2 22 designates June 14, 1999, as Major General Warren G. 2 23 Lawson Day in honor and recognition of Major General 2 24 Lawson's dedicated and selfless service to Iowa and 2 25 the United States. 2 26 LSB 2592XS 78 2 27 tm/jw/5
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