Senate Resolution 7 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2            BY  KIBBIE, GRONSTAL, and LUNDBY
  1  3 A Resolution to commemorate the twentieth anniversary
  1  4    of the World Food Prize.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, winner of the Nobel
  1  6 Peace Prize in 1970 for his work in world agriculture,
  1  7 envisioned a prize that would honor those who have
  1  8 made significant and measurable contributions to
  1  9 improving the world's food supply; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, that dream became a reality in 1986 with
  1 11 the creation of the World Food Prize, now celebrating
  1 12 its twentieth anniversary; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, the prize is the foremost international
  1 14 award for achievements that significantly increase the
  1 15 quality, quantity, or availability of food in the
  1 16 world; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, in two decades the World Food Prize has
  1 18 honored outstanding individuals throughout the world,
  1 19 from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Cuba, Denmark, India,
  1 20 Mexico, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, the United Kingdom,
  1 21 the United States, and the United Nations; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, in 1990, Des Moines businessman,
  1 23 philanthropist, and visionary John Ruan assumed
  1 24 sponsorship of the prize and established the World
  1 25 Food Prize Foundation to ensure its future, and now
  1 26 his son, John Ruan III, has succeeded his father as
  1 27 chairman of the World Food Prize; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, the World Food Prize Laureate Award
  1 29 Ceremony has in recent years been held in the
  1 30 magnificent nineteenth century Iowa State Capitol in a
  2  1 ceremony that rivals that of the Nobel Prize; NOW
  2  2 THEREFORE,
  2  3    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  4 celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the World Food
  2  5 Prize and applauds Dr. Norman E. Borlaug for his
  2  6 vision and dedication in making the World Food Prize a
  2  7 reality, as well as John Ruan and John Ruan III for
  2  8 their philanthropy and ongoing efforts in making the
  2  9 prize a truly major world event.
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