Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 24–Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

April 18, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Titus, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes Julian Wallace. (BDR R‑1130)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing Julian Wallace.

 

   Whereas, The members of the Nevada Legislature note with sadness the passing of Julian Wallace on August 2, 2000; and

1-1    Whereas, Julian Walter Wallace was born on September 13, 1912, in

1-2  Brooklyn, New York; and

1-3    Whereas, After moving to California, Julian Wallace met Lillian

1-4  Kramer, the woman he would marry on January 17, 1948, and who would

1-5  become his partner in every endeavor from that day forward; and

1-6    Whereas, With their move to Nevada in 1978, Julian and Lillian

1-7  Wallace brought with them their deep involvement in various

1-8  organizations, including Julian’s membership in the Fraternal Order of

1-9  Knights of Pythias, an international fraternity in which Julian served as

1-10  Chancellor Commander and whose principles of friendship, charity and

1-11  benevolence he incorporated into his daily life; and

1-12    Whereas, Lifetime members of the City of Hope, Julian and Lillian

1-13  Wallace worked as volunteers in many projects initiated to raise money for

1-14  the life-saving work of the City of Hope National Medical Center whose

2-1  mission is the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer and other life-

2-2  threatening diseases through innovative research and patient care; and

2-3    Whereas, Active with the Mobile Homeowners League of the Silver

2-4  State, Julian Wallace became its Executive Vice President in 1982, and it

2-5  was as a representative of this organization that he became involved with

2-6  Seniors United, a coalition of senior citizen activist groups formed during

2-7  the election year of 1982 to win election for candidates who supported their

2-8  views; and

2-9    Whereas, While many of the senior groups dissolved after the election,

2-10  Julian and Lillian Wallace felt that an organization with the potential of

2-11  Seniors United should not be discarded and took over the leadership which

2-12  they would retain for the next 17 years, changing its focus to a political

2-13  education organization dedicated to developing the political knowledge of

2-14  seniors with forums for discussions and presentations of topical issues

2-15  while challenging the members to recognize the strength of their collective

2-16  voting power; and

2-17    Whereas, The team of Julian and Lillian Wallace has received

2-18  numerous honors and awards for their achievements while directing the

2-19  course of Seniors United including a recognition by Senator Harry Reid

2-20  recorded in the Congressional Record of November 7, 1997, in which he

2-21  paid tribute to “two Nevadans whose lives serve as an inspiration not only

2-22  to all Nevadans but to this Nation and to this distinguished body” and he

2-23  noted further that they “never hesitate to hold their elected officials’ feet to

2-24  the fire and demonstrate on a daily basis that an active and involved

2-25  citizenry is definitely not a function of age.”; and

2-26    Whereas, Never one to take retirement as a time to slow down, Julian

2-27  Wallace also served on the Clark County Parks and Recreation Board, was

2-28  active with the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and was a delegate

2-29  to the 1995 White House Conference on Aging, which was followed by a

2-30  special invitation to the 1997 presidential inauguration; and

2-31    Whereas, The cheerful, positive demeanor and the ever-present smile

2-32  of Julian Wallace will be missed by those who knew him and were drawn

2-33  by the magnetic personality that made him irresistible to people of all ages;

2-34  and

2-35    Whereas, Julian Wallace is survived by his wife, Lillian, who said of

2-36  their 52 1/2 years together that “we enjoyed every minute of it,” and by his

2-37  brothers, Theodore of Los Angeles, California, and Martin Rock of

2-38  Scottsdale, Arizona; now, therefore, be it

2-39    Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

2-40  Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

2-41  Legislature extend their sincere condolences to Lillian Wallace on the loss

2-42  of her loving husband and closest friend; and be it further

2-43    Resolved, That Julian Wallace will long be remembered for his

2-44  commitment to the Phythian principles of “service to mankind” and “peace

2-45  through understanding” and as a man who made everyone his friend; and

2-46  be it further

 

 

3-1    Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit

3-2  a copy of this resolution to Lillian, his beloved wife and partner for over

3-3  half a century.

 

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