Senate Resolution 132 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                        BY  HATCH
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the life and work of Professor
  1  4    R. Dean Wright.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Dr. Wright, Professor of Sociology at
  1  6 Drake University, not only taught generations of
  1  7 students about poverty, homelessness, and crime, he
  1  8 was and remains a tireless advocate and community
  1  9 activist for the poor, the homeless, and for juvenile
  1 10 justice; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, Dr. Wright has been a Fulbright Scholar to
  1 12 Delhi University in India, held a National Defense
  1 13 Foreign Language Fellowship in Hindi, and has been
  1 14 awarded fellowships from the National Science
  1 15 Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities,
  1 16 Iowa House at the University of Iowa, and the
  1 17 Northwest Area Foundation; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, Dr. Wright is a dedicated activist in
  1 19 criminal justice, having chaired the Iowa Criminal and
  1 20 Juvenile Justice Advisory Council for 14 years,
  1 21 Attorney General Tom Miller's Task Force on Juvenile
  1 22 Justice, and Attorney General Bonnie Campbell's Blue
  1 23 Ribbon Task Force on Sentencing; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, besides his academic work Dr. Wright has a
  1 25 long history in Des Moines, not only as a Drake
  1 26 University professor, but also as an engaged and
  1 27 contributing member of the community, including his
  1 28 work as an original board member of Urban Dreams; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, in recognition of his work, Dr. Wright was
  1 30 the first recipient of the Madelyn M. Levitt
  2  1 Distinguished Community Service Award, has received
  2  2 the Drake Medal of Service, the Public Service Award
  2  3 of the Iowa Corrections Association, and the Special
  2  4 Award from the Midwest Sociological Society, and has
  2  5 been inducted into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame;
  2  6 and
  2  7    WHEREAS, Dr. Wright has conducted his life and work
  2  8 in partnership with his wife, Susan Wright, and with
  2  9 his son and daughter=in=law, Ehren and Michelle
  2 10 Stover=Wright, and grandchildren Aiden and Ella; NOW
  2 11 THEREFORE,
  2 12    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2 13 honors Professor R. Dean Wright for a lifetime of
  2 14 achievement and for his dedication to social justice,
  2 15 which have made Iowa a better place for us all.
  2 16 LSB 6567SS 82
  2 17 jr/rj/14.1