House Concurrent Resolution 14 - Introduced
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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY WESSEL=KROESCHELL
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing Dr. Neil E. Harl,
1 4 Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in
1 5 Agriculture and Professor of Economics at Iowa State
1 6 University, for his long and distinguished academic
1 7 career at Iowa State University.
1 8 WHEREAS, Dr. Neil E. Harl, Charles F. Curtiss
1 9 Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Professor
1 10 of Economics at Iowa State University, began his
1 11 illustrious academic career at Iowa State University,
1 12 receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree from Iowa State
1 13 University in 1955, a Juris Doctorate from the
1 14 University of Iowa in 1961, and a Ph.D. in economics
1 15 from Iowa State University in 1965; and
1 16 WHEREAS, since joining the faculty at Iowa State
1 17 University, Dr. Harl has tirelessly contributed to
1 18 education and the advancement of public policy,
1 19 including advising prominent state, national, and
1 20 international leaders concerning vital issues
1 21 affecting agriculture, agricultural finance and
1 22 taxation, estate planning, resource economics, and
1 23 biotechnology; and
1 24 WHEREAS, among his many accomplishments, Dr. Harl
1 25 was elected President of the American Agricultural
1 26 Economics Association; served on the Board of
1 27 Directors of the American Agricultural Economics
1 28 Association Foundation; was named a fellow of the
1 29 American Agricultural Economics Association; was
1 30 elected President of the American Agricultural Law
2 1 Association; founded and served as the Director of the
2 2 Center for International Agricultural Finance; served
2 3 as a member of the Iowa State University Agricultural
2 4 Foundation; served as delegate to the Moscow
2 5 Conference on Law and Bilateral Economic Cooperation;
2 6 served on the Biotechnology Committee of the National
2 7 Association of State Universities and Land Grant
2 8 Colleges; served as Chair of the Technology Assessment
2 9 Advisory Council, Office of Technology Assessment,
2 10 United States Congress; and was appointed by the
2 11 United States Secretary of Agriculture to the Advisory
2 12 Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology; and
2 13 WHEREAS, Dr. Harl has received major awards in
2 14 recognition of his educational excellence and his
2 15 important contributions to law, agriculture, and
2 16 economics, including but not limited to the
2 17 Outstanding Teacher Award, Iowa State University; the
2 18 Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, American
2 19 Agricultural Economics Association; the Distinguished
2 20 Service Award, American Agricultural Law Association;
2 21 Farm Leader of the Year, Des Moines Register; the
2 22 Distinguished Service to State Government Award,
2 23 National Governors Association; the Henry A. Wallace
2 24 Award for Distinguished Service to Agriculture, Iowa
2 25 State University; the President's Award, Iowa State
2 26 Bar Association; the Iowa Farm Bureau Distinguished
2 27 Service to Iowa Agriculture Award, Iowa Farm Bureau
2 28 Federation; the Charles A. Black Award, Council of
2 29 Agricultural Science and Technology; and the Wallaces
2 30 Farmer Iowa Master Farmer Award for Exceptional
3 1 Service to Agriculture; and
3 2 WHEREAS, Dr. Harl has selflessly given time to
3 3 present information and analysis concerning vital
3 4 issues concerning agricultural law, debtor=creditor
3 5 relations, estate planning, and farm business
3 6 organization, regularly appearing on radio and
3 7 television broadcasts including The Law of the Land
3 8 daily radio broadcasts, and has personally spoken in
3 9 more than 40 states and many nations throughout Europe
3 10 and Asia; and
3 11 WHEREAS, Dr. Harl has contributed to both scholarly
3 12 and business publications, authoring more than 20
3 13 books, 300 articles in legal and economic journals and
3 14 bulletins, and 800 articles in farm and financial
3 15 publications, including the already classic
3 16 multivolume set Agricultural Law and the standard
3 17 Agricultural Law Manual; NOW THEREFORE,
3 18 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
3 19 SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
3 20 recognizes Dr. Neil E. Harl upon his retirement and
3 21 expresses its deepest appreciation for his tireless
3 22 advancement of policies benefiting the State of Iowa,
3 23 the United States, and our relations with nations of
3 24 the world, and the permanent contributions that he has
3 25 made to agriculture, law, and economics; and
3 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
3 27 Resolution be delivered to Dr. Neil E. Harl in this
3 28 year of his retirement from Iowa State University.
3 29 LSB 2051HH 81
3 30 da:nh/gg/14
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