Senate Resolution 30 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                 BY  DVORSKY and BOLKCOM
  1  3 A Resolution honoring Willard L. Boyd, President
  1  4    Emeritus of the University of Iowa, on the occasion
  1  5    of his 80th birthday.
  1  6    WHEREAS, Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd began his higher
  1  7 education with a Bachelor of Science in Law degree
  1  8 from the University of Minnesota in 1949, followed by
  1  9 a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1951, a Master of Laws
  1 10 degree in 1952, and culminating in a Doctor of
  1 11 Juridical Science degree in 1962; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, since 1954 Mr. Boyd has served the
  1 13 University of Iowa and the people of Iowa in
  1 14 innumerable ways; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, Willard Boyd has been a member of the
  1 16 faculty at the University of Iowa since 1954 and is
  1 17 currently the Rawlings=Miller Professor of Law; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, in over a half century of service, Willard
  1 19 Boyd has been a Chester A. Phillips Research Fellow at
  1 20 the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business;
  1 21 President and President Emeritus of the Field Museum
  1 22 of Natural History; and President, President Emeritus,
  1 23 Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of the
  1 24 Faculties, Associate Dean, and Professor of Law at the
  1 25 University of Iowa College of Law; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, at the same time, Mr. Boyd found time to
  1 27 take part in literally hundreds of social, charitable,
  1 28 and cultural activities which have helped and enriched
  1 29 the lives of millions of Americans; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, Willard Boyd's presence on the University
  2  1 of Iowa campus is enshrined in the Boyd Law Building
  2  2 where he has taught since his return to Iowa from the
  2  3 Field Museum, and in the Boyd Tower of the University
  2  4 of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; and
  2  5    WHEREAS, Willard Boyd was one of the first winners
  2  6 of the Charles Frankel Prize awarded in 1989 by the
  2  7 National Endowment for the Humanities, honoring five
  2  8 Americans for their efforts to bring history,
  2  9 literature, philosophy, and other humanities
  2 10 disciplines to general audiences; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, in eight decades Mr. Boyd has provided an
  2 12 example of public service and dedication that cannot
  2 13 be equaled, and he continues that service and
  2 14 dedication to this day; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 15    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate, on
  2 16 the occasion of his 80th birthday, honors Willard L.
  2 17 Boyd for a lifetime of service and achievement, and
  2 18 looks forward to his continued service in the years to
  2 19 come; and
  2 20    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  2 21 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  2 22 presentation to President Emeritus Boyd.
  2 23 LSB 2883SS 82
  2 24 jr:nh/es/88.1