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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY JOHNSON, SHULL, ANGELO, ZIEMAN, MILLER, TINSMAN,
1 3 HOUSER, McKINLEY, HOSCH, KETTERING, BRUNKHORST,
1 4 GASKILL, BOETTGER, McKIBBEN, SIEVERS, SCHUERER, WARD,
1 5 VEENSTRA, DRAKE, REDFERN, LUNDBY, SEYMOUR, BEHN,
1 6 WIECK, REHBERG, PUTNEY, LAMBERTI, IVERSON, BEALL,
1 7 QUIRMBACH, KREIMAN, WARNSTADT, BOLKCOM, SENG, McCOY,
1 8 COURTNEY, RAGAN, HOLVECK, KIBBIE, CONNOLLY, DVORSKY,
1 9 STEWART, HORN, FRAISE, DEARDEN, DOTZLER, HATCH,
1 10 and GRONSTAL
1 11 A Resolution honoring George S. Mills for his service
1 12 to the people of Iowa as a reporter, author, and
1 13 noted Iowa historian.
1 14 WHEREAS, George "Lefty" Mills was born on June 15,
1 15 1906, in Chicago, Illinois, and began his career in
1 16 Iowa in 1928 as a news reporter at the Marshalltown
1 17 Times-Republican, and went on to work for the Iowa
1 18 Daily Press Association, the Associated Press, the
1 19 Cedar Rapids Gazette, the Des Moines Register where he
1 20 worked for nearly 30 years, and WHO-TV; and
1 21 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills became an influential and well-
1 22 respected newsman for his insightful and prolific news
1 23 stories covering many significant and controversial
1 24 Statehouse and political issues, including but not
1 25 limited to the Iowa Caucuses, the 1930s farm riots,
1 26 governors' cars, secret liquor money, sleeping judges,
1 27 Prohibition, reapportionment, and Prairie Meadows; and
1 28 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills' versatile reporting style was
1 29 further evidenced by his human interest stories
1 30 covering both famous and ordinary Iowans from the
2 1 colorful to the tragic, for which he received national
2 2 recognition; and
2 3 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills' keen reporting and research
2 4 skills led to his collection of notes, diaries,
2 5 correspondence, and photographs on many topics
2 6 covering Iowa's rich history over nearly eight
2 7 decades, and included many items which he generously
2 8 donated to the Iowa State Historical Society; and
2 9 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills' tireless energy and affinity
2 10 for Iowa led him to author several books on Iowa
2 11 history including a book on F. M. Hubbell, a book on
2 12 the history of Iowa, and a book on the history of the
2 13 Des Moines Register and the Des Moines Tribune; and
2 14 WHEREAS, Mr. Mills is remembered by family,
2 15 friends, and colleagues for his intelligence and
2 16 enthusiastic and tenacious personality, and as a
2 17 gentleman and a scholar, whose vast knowledge of
2 18 Iowans, Iowa politics, and Iowa history is legendary;
2 19 NOW THEREFORE,
2 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 21 honors the memory and the legacy of Mr. George S.
2 22 Mills for his significant journalistic contributions,
2 23 which provided a historical context for current events
2 24 and touched the lives of Iowans from all walks of
2 25 life; and
2 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon passage, the
2 27 Secretary of the Senate shall deliver an official copy
2 28 of this Resolution to his children, Mary Mills Dunea
2 29 of Chicago, Illinois, Thomas M. Mills of Augusta,
2 30 Georgia, George S. Mills III of Rockville, Maryland,
3 1 and Katherine Sweney Mills Mace of Madison, Wisconsin;
3 2 and his brother, Thomas W. Mills of Markeson,
3 3 Wisconsin.
3 4 LSB 5106SS 80
3 5 rh/pj/5
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