Senate Resolution 24 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2     BY  RIELLY, ANGELO, APPEL, BEALL, BEHN, BLACK,
  1  3    BOETTGER, BOLKCOM, CONNOLLY, COURTNEY, DANIELSON,
  1  4       DEARDEN, DOTZLER, DVORSKY, FRAISE, GASKILL,
  1  5        GRONSTAL, HAHN, HANCOCK, HARTSUCH, HATCH,
  1  6    HECKROTH, HOGG, HORN, HOUSER, JOHNSON, KETTERING,
  1  7        KIBBIE, KREIMAN, LUNDBY, McCOY, McKIBBEN,
  1  8   McKINLEY, MULDER, NOBLE, OLIVE, PUTNEY, QUIRMBACH,
  1  9       RAGAN, SCHMITZ, SCHOENJAHN, SENG, SEYMOUR,
  1 10      STEWART, WARD, WARNSTADT, WIECK, WOOD, ZAUN,
  1 11                       and ZIEMAN
  1 12 A Resolution honoring Iowan Eugene Ely, a pioneer in
  1 13    Naval aviation.
  1 14    WHEREAS, Eugene Ely was a pioneer of Naval aviation
  1 15 in the early twentieth century; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Mr. Ely was born in Iowa County, Iowa, on
  1 17 October 21, 1886, and moved to Davenport, Iowa, at
  1 18 nine years of age; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, on November 14, 1910, he was the first
  1 20 aviator to successfully launch from a Navy ship, the
  1 21 U.S.S. Birmingham, at Hampton Roads, Virginia; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, on January 18, 1911, Mr. Ely was the first
  1 23 aviator to successfully land on a Navy ship, the
  1 24 U.S.S. Pennsylvania, near San Francisco Bay, off the
  1 25 coast of California; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, Eugene Ely was killed during an expedition
  1 27 flight in Macon, Georgia, at the age of 25 on October
  1 28 19, 1911, and is buried one=half mile from his
  1 29 birthplace in Iowa County; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, on February 16, 1933, President Herbert
  2  1 Hoover posthumously presented him with the
  2  2 Distinguished Flying Cross in honor of his feats; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, the United States Post Office issued a
  2  4 commemorative plaque to the city of Williamsburg,
  2  5 Iowa, which was prepared by the Naval Air Station of
  2  6 Norfolk, VA; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, the 100th Anniversary of his first launch
  2  8 and his first landing will be November 14, 2010, and
  2  9 January 18, 2011, respectively; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, Eugene Ely is worthy of having the next
  2 11 aircraft carrier named after him by naming the
  2 12 aircraft carrier "Eugene Ely" and a commemorative
  2 13 stamp should be issued by the United States Postal
  2 14 Service; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 15    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate urges
  2 16 the United States Department of Defense to name the
  2 17 next aircraft carrier the "Eugene Ely" and requests
  2 18 the United States Postal Service to issue a
  2 19 commemorative stamp in honor of Mr. Ely; and
  2 20    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
  2 21 Senate is directed to deliver a suitable copy of this
  2 22 Resolution to the United States Secretary of Defense
  2 23 and the Postmaster General of the United States.
  2 24 LSB 2635SS 82
  2 25 jr:nh/es/88