Senate Resolution No. 4–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

March 26, 1999

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Inducts Wilson McGowan into Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1675)

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

SENATE RESOLUTIONInducting Wilson McGowan into the Senate Hall of Fame.

1-1 Whereas, The Senate of the Legislature of the State of Nevada has

1-2 established a Senate Hall of Fame whose members are selected by

1-3 leadership from former state Senators who have served with distinction

1-4 with exemplary contributions to the State of Nevada; and

1-5 Whereas, Senator Wilson McGowan proudly represented Pershing

1-6 County in the Nevada Senate for six regular sessions and four special

1-7 sessions from 1957 through 1966 serving as Chairman of the Senate

1-8 Standing Committees on Interstate Cooperation, Agriculture and Irrigation,

1-9 and Finance; and

1-10 Whereas, Senator McGowan sponsored important legislation that

1-11 addressed various agricultural issues, appropriated money for the

1-12 construction of public hospitals and for underground water studies, and he

1-13 was instrumental in acquiring the Marlette Lake water system for the State

1-14 of Nevada; now, therefore, be it

1-15 Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, That Senator

1-16 Wilson McGowan, a native Nevadan who served this state honorably, is

1-17 hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of the Legislature of the State

1-18 of Nevada.

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