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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SENATE RESOLUTION—Inducting Wilson McGowan into the Senate Hall of Fame.
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Whereas, The Senate of the Legislature of the State of Nevada has1-2
established a Senate Hall of Fame whose members are selected by1-3
leadership from former state Senators who have served with distinction1-4
with exemplary contributions to the State of Nevada; and1-5
Whereas, Senator Wilson McGowan proudly represented Pershing1-6
County in the Nevada Senate for six regular sessions and four special1-7
sessions from 1957 through 1966 serving as Chairman of the Senate1-8
Standing Committees on Interstate Cooperation, Agriculture and Irrigation,1-9
and Finance; and1-10
Whereas, Senator McGowan sponsored important legislation that1-11
addressed various agricultural issues, appropriated money for the1-12
construction of public hospitals and for underground water studies, and he1-13
was instrumental in acquiring the Marlette Lake water system for the State1-14
of Nevada; now, therefore, be it1-15
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, That Senator1-16
Wilson McGowan, a native Nevadan who served this state honorably, is1-17
hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of the Legislature of the State1-18
of Nevada.~