Senate Resolution 160 - Introduced
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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
1 3 A Resolution honoring the public service of Senator
1 4 Mary Adelaide Lundby.
1 5 WHEREAS, Senator Lundby, this year closes a 22=year
1 6 legislative career that began in 1986 with her
1 7 election to the House of Representatives; and
1 8 WHEREAS, while a member of the House of
1 9 Representatives, Senator Lundby served as Speaker Pro
1 10 Tempore from 1993 through 1994; and
1 11 WHEREAS, in 1994 Senator Lundby was elected to the
1 12 Iowa Senate; and
1 13 WHEREAS, in 14 years in the Senate, Senator Lundby
1 14 has chaired or co=chaired the Committee on Small
1 15 Business, Economic Development and Tourism, the
1 16 Committee on Government Oversight, the Oversight and
1 17 Communications Appropriations Subcommittee and the
1 18 Administration and Regulation Appropriations
1 19 Subcommittee, and has served as vice=chairperson or as
1 20 a member on a variety of committees; and
1 21 WHEREAS, in 2006 Senator Lundby was elected the
1 22 Senate Republican leader; and
1 23 WHEREAS, Senator Lundby holds the distinction of
1 24 being the first woman elected Speaker Pro Tempore in
1 25 the House of Representatives and the first woman
1 26 chosen Co=Majority Leader of the Senate; and
1 27 WHEREAS, Senator Lundby has been awarded the Friend
1 28 of Nursing Award in 1997 by the Iowa Nurses
1 29 Association, and the Public Service Award in 2002 by
1 30 the Sierra Club of Iowa; and
2 1 WHEREAS, "retiring" is hardly the word to apply to
2 2 Senator Lundby, a Senator who is outspoken,
2 3 good=natured, and kind=hearted in equal part; NOW
2 4 THEREFORE,
2 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 6 recognizes Senator Mary Adelaide Lundby for 22 years
2 7 of legislative service, and honors her dedication to
2 8 good government and to the betterment of Iowa; and
2 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
2 10 Senate is directed to prepare an official copy of this
2 11 Resolution for presentation to Senator Lundby.
2 12 LSB 6681SV 82
2 13 jr/rj/14