Senate Resolution 54 - Introduced
PAG LIN
S.R. ________ H.R. ________
1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY GRONSTAL, KIBBIE, and LUNDBY
1 3 A Resolution to recognize and honor the Senate's own
1 4 Cynthia Clingan for over three decades of dedicated
1 5 public service.
1 6 WHEREAS, by its very nature the Iowa Senate is an
1 7 institution that is in a continuous state of change,
1 8 as both issues and individuals come and go; and
1 9 WHEREAS, in such a place it is critical that
1 10 someone serve as an anchor, providing continuity and
1 11 serving as the institution's memory of process and
1 12 protocol; and
1 13 WHEREAS, Cynthia Clingan has served that role in
1 14 the Iowa Senate for over three decades; and
1 15 WHEREAS, Ms. Clingan, a graduate of Carleton
1 16 College, came to the Senate in 1975, first serving as
1 17 an engrossing and enrolling clerk and a terminal
1 18 operator; and
1 19 WHEREAS, in the decades that followed Ms. Clingan
1 20 has served as the Assistant to the Legal Counsel and
1 21 Assistant Secretary of the Senate; and
1 22 WHEREAS, during that time Ms. Clingan has served
1 23 seven Secretaries of the Senate, reviewed and
1 24 corrected endless numbers of bills and amendments, and
1 25 resolved problems large and small; NOW THEREFORE,
1 26 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the members of
1 27 the Senate give honor this day to one of their own,
1 28 Cynthia Clingan, who has made the work of the Senate
1 29 her own life's work and in doing so serves a vital
1 30 role in the legislative process; and
2 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
2 2 Senate shall prepare an original copy of this
2 3 Resolution for presentation to Ms. Clingan.
2 4 LSB 2946SS 82
2 5 jr:rj/je/5