Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 45--Assemblymen 
    Buckley, Goldwater, Allard, Anderson, Arberry, 
    Bache, Batten, Bennett, Braunlin, Brower, 
    Carpenter, Chowning, Close, de Braga, Dini, 
    Ernaut, Evans, Fettic, Freeman, Giunchigliani, 
    Harrington, Hettrick, Humke, Krenzer, Lambert, 
    Manendo, Marvel, Monaghan, Neighbors, Nolan, 
    Ohrenschall, Perkins, Price, Sandoval, Schneider, 
    Segerblom, Spitler, Steel, Stroth, Tiffany, 
    Tripple and Williams

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ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Memorializing former Assemblyman 
       and civic leader, George Rudiak.


  WHEREAS, On April 8, 1995, the people of 
Nevada lost a respected and distinguished former 
Assemblyman with the passing of George Rudiak; and
  WHEREAS, George Rudiak was born in the Soviet 
Union on March 27, 1915, and moved with his parents to the 
United States when he was 5 years old; and
  WHEREAS, George Rudiak grew up in Southern 
California and after attending the University of California 
at Los Angeles, he received his law degree from the 
University of California at Berkeley in 1940; and
  WHEREAS, George Rudiak served his country in 
the United States Army Air Corps before moving to Las Vegas 
with his wife, Gertrude, in 1946; and
  WHEREAS, In 1952, George Rudiak was elected to 
the Nevada Assembly and served as Chairman of the Assembly 
Standing Committee on Banks, Corporations and Insurance, as 
Vice Chairman of the Assembly Standing Committee on Labor 
and as a member of the Assembly Standing Committee on 
Judiciary during the 46th session of the Nevada Legislature; 
and
  WHEREAS, While serving in the Legislature, 
George Rudiak introduced civil rights legislation which 
lost by only one vote; and
  WHEREAS, George Rudiak was an active 
participant in Nevada's Democratic party and was honored 
by being selected as Nevada's delegate to the Democratic 
Convention that nominated John Fitzgerald Kennedy; and
  WHEREAS, George Rudiak was the first Chairman 
of the Nevada Civil Rights Commission and was also Nevada's 
representative to the National Board of the American Civil 
Liberties Union; and
  WHEREAS, In 1988, George Rudiak was named 
Civil Libertarian of the Year by the Nevada affiliate of the 
American Civil Liberties Union; and
  WHEREAS, As an attorney in private practice, 
George Rudiak represented organized labor and was always 
willing to pursue justice when a person's civil rights were 
threatened or violated; and
  WHEREAS, A devoted family man, George Rudiak 
is survived by his wife, Gertrude, his daughter, Geri 
Rentchler, and his four sons, Andrew, David, Richard and 
Arthur, and eight grandchildren; now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE 
SENATE CONCURRING, That the members of the 68th 
session of the Nevada Legislature express their deepest 
sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the family of George 
Rudiak; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That George Rudiak will long be 
remembered as a man who was a pillar of his community and 
who fought for and strongly believed in the civil rights of 
all Americans; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly 
prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to George 
Rudiak's loving wife, Gertrude.

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