Senate Journal: Page 1156: Friday, April 12, 2002
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION
(Regular Calendar)
Senate Resolution 159
Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent to take up
the following resolution:
1 SENATE RESOLUTION 159
2 By: Committee on Rules and Administration
3 A Senate Resolution honoring Diane E. Bolender upon her retire-
4 ment as Director of the Legislative Service Bureau.
5 WHEREAS, Diane E. Bolender is retiring as the
6 Director of the Legislative Service Bureau after
7 serving in that capacity for nearly 13 years; and
8 WHEREAS, Diane's service at the Legislative Service
9 Bureau has spanned five decades and nearly 35 years;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Diane began her legislative career working
12 for the Iowa General Assembly in 1967 prior to the
13 time when the General Assembly first began meeting
14 each year in regular session, and when the Legislative
15 Service Bureau was a young central staff agency; and
16 WHEREAS, Diane's academic degree in history,
17 government, and education and her experience working
18 for the Omaha Public Schools as a high school
19 government teacher served her well in preparing her
20 for her drafting, staffing, and research work at the
21 Legislative Service Bureau; and
22 WHEREAS, Diane exhibited her commitment to the
23 General Assembly and the citizens of this state by
24 quickly becoming an expert in the drafting of bills
25 and staffing of committees in the areas of education,
26 education finance, public retirement systems, and
27 state government; and
28 WHEREAS, Diane continually assumed more
29 responsibility throughout her career at the
30 Legislative Service Bureau, becoming a Senior Research
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1 Analyst in 1980, assuming the position of Research
2 Division Chief in 1987, being elevated to Deputy
3 Director in 1988, and being named by the Legislative
4 Council as Director in 1989; and
5 WHEREAS, Diane has been an exceptional and much-
6 beloved staff person in the Legislative Service
7 Bureau, continually exclaiming her exuberance for
8 legislative staffing, exercising her devotion and
9 loyalty to the General Assembly as an institution and
© 2002 Cornell College and
League of Women Voters of Iowa
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