SR 127 (LSB 6132SV (6) 84)

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 127

BY  COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

A Resolution to honor Steve Conway for over a quarter of a century of service to the Senate.

   WHEREAS, the Second Session of the 84th General Assembly marks the last hurrah for Steve Conway; and
   WHEREAS, leaving a career in industry, Mr. Conway joined the Senate caucus staff in 1986; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Conway specialized in human services and health care issues, and over the years provided staff support for the Agriculture, Ethics, Human Resources, Judiciary, and Labor and Business Committees, and also the Health and Human Services and the Health and Human Rights Budget Subcommittees; and
   WHEREAS, from 1987 to 1996, at the invitation of Senator Berl E. Priebe, Mr. Conway provided staff support for the Administrative Rules Review Committee; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Conway’s first loyalty has always been to the institution of the Senate, which has won him friends and respect on both sides of the aisle; and
   WHEREAS, his professional zeal led him to further academic study and the earning of a master’s degree in health administration; and
   WHEREAS, his passion for public service led Mr. Conway to seek a seat on the Broadlawns Medical Center Board of Trustees, where he was elected as chair, guiding the hospital through a difficult fiscal crisis; and
   WHEREAS, in 2005 Mr. Conway began serving his mentor, Senator Jack Kibbie, as Assistant to the President of the Senate; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate congratulates Steve Conway for his decades of public service, and wishes him and his wife Sandy the very best as they prepare to join their son Chad, daughter-in-law Cynthia and two beloved granddaughters, Eva and Fern, in Oregon.