Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 57–Assemblymen Price, Anderson,

Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter,

Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Evans,

Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson,

Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel,

McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parks,

Parnell, Perkins, Segerblom, Thomas, Tiffany, Von Tobel and

Williams

Joint Sponsors: Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen,

James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter,

Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend,

Washington and Wiener

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ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION—Memorializing former Assemblyman

Richard Kenneth McNeel.

Whereas, The members of the Nevada Legislature note with profound

sorrow the passing of former Assemblyman Richard Kenneth McNeel; and

Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel was born on October 25, 1942, in

Beaumont, Texas; and

Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel, who married Karen van Buren,

moved to Clark County in 1962; and

Whereas, This Vietnam War veteran attained the rank of First

Lieutenant in the United States Army and was a member of the Army

Reserve Corps; and

Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel joined the International

Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 357 in 1968 and graduated from

the electrical workers’ apprenticeship program in 1974; and

Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel was the first Republican from

North Las Vegas to be elected to the Assembly; and

Whereas, During his term as Assemblyman, Richard Kenneth McNeel

served on the Education, Health and Welfare, Labor and Management, and

Taxation Committees; and

Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel was appointed as Labor

Commissioner in 1979 and served in that position until 1980; and

Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel was a member of the Clark County

Republican Central Committee, past Vice President of the North Las Vegas

Republican Club, past Director of the Nevada State Apprenticeship Council

and a second generation member of the electrical workers’ union; and

Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel is survived by his beloved wife,

Karen, his sons Richard and James, his daughter, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, his

five brothers, James, Charles, Clark, Bill and Bobby, and his three sisters,

Shirley Ahlke, Hazel Mabry and Rachel Brandon; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

Concurring, That the members of the 70th Session of the Nevada

Legislature mourn the loss of a respected former Assemblyman and offer

their heartfelt sympathy to the family of Richard Kenneth McNeel; and be

it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a

copy of this resolution to Richard Kenneth McNeel’s beloved wife, Karen.

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