Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 23–Senators Mathews, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Freeman, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

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Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Commending Joseph N.Crowley on his service as President of the University of Nevada, Reno.

 

   Whereas, Joseph N. Crowley was born July 9, 1933, in Oelwein, Iowa,

 the third of Jim and Nina Crowley’s four children; and

   Whereas, Following service in the United States Air Force, Joseph

 Crowley received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the

 University of Iowa in 1959, a master’s degree in social science from

 Fresno State University in 1963 and a doctorate in political science from

 the University of Washington in 1967; and

   Whereas, Joseph Crowley married the former Joy Reitz on
September 9, 1961, they raised four children, Theresa, Neil, Margaret and

Tim, and they are now proud grandparents of six beautiful grandchildren;

 and

   Whereas, Joseph Crowley joined the University of Nevada, Reno, in

 1966 as a temporary instructor in the Department of Political Science and

 in 1967 became a full-time political science professor; and

   Whereas, During the academic year 1972-73, Joseph Crowley served

 as Chairman of the Faculty Senate of the University of Nevada, Reno,

 winning the respect and confidence of his faculty peers and the

 university’s administration; and

   Whereas, Having been awarded a 2-year fellowship by the National

 Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration in 1973,

 Joseph Crowley first worked in the Water Planning Division of the United

 States Environmental Protection Agency and then served as Director of

 Institutional Studies at the National Commission on Water Quality,

 positions which contributed to the development of his keen insight into the

 legislative process; and

   Whereas, Joseph Crowley became Chairman of the Department of

 Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1976, was

 appointed acting President of the University in 1978, and was named to

 the full-time position of President on March 23, 1979; and

   Whereas, Joseph Crowley has expanded the reach and influence of the

 University of Nevada, Reno, to other continents through the fostering of

 the University Studies Abroad Consortium, now one of the largest study

 abroad programs in the United States, with 22 participating universities

 and over 1,700 students in 17 countries; and

   Whereas, Counted among the many bench marks left by Joseph

Crowley during his tenure as President is a new level of fund-raising

 exemplified by the Century Campaign of 1990-95 which raised over $124

 million for the school and now contributes more than $28 million

 annually; and

   Whereas, The tenure of Joseph Crowley as University President

 brought a solid strengthening of the core curriculum at the same time that

 funding for research and development had a seven-fold increase to $70

 million a year, thus attracting an ever-increasing caliber of teaching and

 research faculty; and

   Whereas, Joseph Crowley’s legislative acumen and leadership in

 philanthropic fund-raising led the way to a remarkable expansion of the

 University of Nevada, Reno, campus during the last two decades, with

 new facilities constructed to house growing programs of study, including

 business, education, engineering, journalism, medicine and mining, as well

 as a campus events center and an expanded fine arts complex that are

 utilized by the entire community; and

   Whereas, The University of Nevada, Reno, under Joseph Crowley’s

 leadership, has had a growing economic impact on the state, through

 programs of cooperative extension, continuing and distance education,

 small business development centers, the school of medicine and area

 health education centers; and

   Whereas, Joseph Crowley is not only the longest-serving President in

 the history of the University of Nevada, Reno, he is also the longest

-serving president at a single institution among the principal public

 universities in the nation; and

   Whereas, In addition to serving as President of the University of

 Nevada, Reno, Joseph Crowley served as the president of the National

 Collegiate Athletic Association from 1993 to 1995, helping to reorganize

 the NCAA and give more power to university presidents, while at the

 same time bringing national attention to the University of Nevada, Reno,

 and;

   Whereas, Joseph Crowley has not been forgotten by the institutions he

 attended as a student, being named the Outstanding Alumnus of the Year

 by Fresno State University in 1989, and honored in 1994 with a

 Distinguished Alumni Award by the Alumni Association of the University

 of Iowa; and

   Whereas, Joseph Crowley’s sense of community service extends

 beyond the university in many directions, one of which is as a founding

 member of the Board of Trustees of Reno’s Channel 5 Public

 Broadcasting station, KNPB, which in the year 2000 presented him with

 the inaugural “Channel 5 Champion” award; and

   Whereas, One of the most important legacies of the 23 years served by

 Joseph Crowley as President of the University of Nevada, Reno, is the

 restoration of service to society, an original underpinning of the century

-old idea for a land grant college and a continuing emphasis of the National

 Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, which he

 served as a member of its Board of Directors from 1998 to 2000; now,

 therefore, be it

 

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

Concurring, That the members of the Nevada Legislature pay special

 tribute to Joseph N. Crowley, Ph.D., on the occasion of his departure from

 the position of President of the University of Nevada, Reno; and be it

 further

   Resolved, That the members of the Nevada Legislature express their

 gratitude for the outstanding contribution Joseph N. Crowley has made to

 the University of Nevada, Reno, and to higher education throughout

 Nevada; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Nevada Legislature wishes Joseph N. Crowley

 further success as he resumes his position on the teaching faculty in the

 Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno; and be

 it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

 of this resolution to Joseph N. Crowley and to the University of Nevada,

 Reno.

 

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