House Resolution 132 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  KRESSIG
  1  3 A Resolution honoring Tom Griffiths for over three
  1  4    decades of service to Iowa's credit unions.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Tom Griffiths began his affiliation with
  1  6 credit unions at a young age, joining a United States
  1  7 Navy=affiliated credit union to borrow $300 in order
  1  8 to get married; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, since 1973, Mr. Griffiths has worked for
  1 10 the Iowa Credit Union League, becoming president in
  1 11 1985; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, during his tenure as president, the
  1 13 state's credit union code has provided Iowa's state=
  1 14 chartered credit unions with one of the most
  1 15 progressive statutory frameworks for state chartering
  1 16 in the nation; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, Mr. Griffiths' professional colleagues
  1 18 awarded him the Roy F. Berengren Award, a prestigious
  1 19 accolade in the credit union movement; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Mr. Griffiths has been honored many other
  1 21 times during his long credit union career, including
  1 22 being awarded the 2004 Eugene H. Farley League
  1 23 Leadership Award and the Eagle Award from the American
  1 24 Association of Credit Union Leagues; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, after over three decades of service to the
  1 26 Iowa Credit Union League, Mr. Griffiths is now
  1 27 retiring, leaving behind a rock solid foundation for
  1 28 the continued growth and leadership of the credit
  1 29 union community; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 30    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  1 That the House of Representatives honors Tom Griffiths
  2  2 for his tireless and visionary leadership of the
  2  3 credit union community for over three decades of
  2  4 dedicated service; and
  2  5    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
  2  6 Resolution be presented to Tom Griffiths.
  2  7 LSB 6417HH 81
  2  8 jr:nh/je/5.1