Senate Resolution 119 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2   BY  CONNOLLY, COURTNEY, GRONSTAL, KIBBIE, DVORSKY,
  1  3   BOLKCOM, RAGAN, STEWART, BEALL, DANIELSON, DOTZLER,
  1  4 WARNSTADT, HORN, WOOD, SENG, KREIMAN, DEARDEN, RIELLY,
  1  5    HANCOCK, SCHOENJAHN, FRAISE, McKIBBEN, QUIRMBACH,
  1  6     BLACK, LUNDBY, PUTNEY, BOETTGER, BEHN, JOHNSON,
  1  7 McKINLEY, MULDER, WIECK, SEYMOUR, SHULL, ZAUN, ZIEMAN,
  1  8               MILLER, TINSMAN, and ANGELO
  1  9 A Resolution honoring the life and work of Benjamin C.
  1 10    Duehr.
  1 11    WHEREAS, Benjamin C. Duehr was a statesman for the
  1 12 cause of labor, a union man who devoted his life to
  1 13 labor=related issues and politics; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, Mr. Duehr began work at the John Deere
  1 15 Dubuque Works in 1972, joining the United Auto Workers
  1 16 Union, Local 94; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, Mr. Duehr faithfully served the members of
  1 18 Local 94 for over three decades; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, during that time Mr. Duehr served Local 94
  1 20 as a member of numerous committees and more
  1 21 specifically as a trustee of Local 94, the recording
  1 22 secretary, and, at the time of his death, vice
  1 23 president; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, Mr. Duehr also was active with the United
  1 25 Auto Workers, serving as the community action program
  1 26 vice president and serving as the United Auto Workers
  1 27 lobbyist for five years; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, Mr. Duehr also served the greater
  1 29 community as well, serving as a Boy Scout liaison
  1 30 officer, a member of the Region I Joint Partnership
  2  1 Training Act Board, and as a delegate to the National
  2  2 Democratic Convention; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, Benjamin C. Duehr died on December 31,
  2  4 2005, after a lifetime of service, leaving behind his
  2  5 wife Ann and three children:  Sally, Cristi, and
  2  6 Benjamin; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  7    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  8 honors the memory of Benjamin C. Duehr and his efforts
  2  9 on behalf of the working people of Iowa.
  2 10 LSB 5816SS 81
  2 11 jr:nh/sh/8