Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 52–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
Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Dini, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Freeman, 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
Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Commending Shelba Gamble for her service as Administrative Assistant to the President of the University of Nevada, Reno.
Whereas, Shelba Jean Gallaher Gamble was born on January 31, 1938,
in Lockesburg, Arkansas, the youngest of the four children of Robbie and
Thelma Gallaher; and
Whereas, Shelba excelled as an athlete and a scholar during her school
years by achieving the status of all-county basketball player in junior high
school and by attaining the rank of salutatorian of the 1956 graduating
class of Lockesburg High School; and
Whereas, Shelba Gamble attended Texarkana College, where in
addition to her scholastic endeavors, she performed as a member of the
Starlet Dance Troupe; and
Whereas, Shelba Gamble served as an able member of the staff of the
Political Science Department at the University of Arkansas from 1967 to
1969 and also served in several different staff capacities for the State of
Arkansas from 1969 to 1976; and
Whereas, Shelba Gamble was actively involved in the campaigns of
Winthrop Rockefeller and Ted Boswell for Governor of Arkansas and
Dale Bumpers for United States Senator from that state; and
Whereas, Shelba Gamble came to Nevada in 1976, as a single mother
of a young child, to serve in the administration of President Max Milam at
the University of Nevada, Reno; and
Whereas, Continuing to serve the University in the key position of
Administrative Assistant to Presidents Joseph Crowley and Stephen
McFarlane, Shelba concluded this assignment in June 2001, after 25 years
of distinguished service; and
Whereas, During her quarter century at the University of Nevada,
Reno, Shelba Gamble carried out the complex responsibility of managing
the President’s office and staff, served as a member of the President’s
Cabinet, fulfilled a role as a key adviser to three presidents, and
continually exhibited patience, a caring attitude and a willingness to listen
while interacting with the many visitors who came daily to the President’s
office; and
Whereas, Shelba Gamble has touched the lives of thousands of
students, faculty, staff and others during her career at the University, is
admired and respected for her distinguished performance of a difficult and
challenging job, and will be fondly remembered for her service by a legion
of friends; and
Whereas, After raising her daughter, Sean, who is a graduate of the
University of Nevada, Reno, Shelba is now the proud grandmother of
Bryn and wishes to spend more time with her loving family; 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 Shelba Jean Gamble on the occasion of her departure from the
position of Administrative Assistant to the President of the University of
Nevada, Reno, a position that she so capably filled; and be it further
Resolved, That the Nevada Legislature wishes Shelba Jean Gamble a
happy and productive retirement, and much well-deserved quality time
with her loving family; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy
of this resolution to Shelba Jean Gamble and to the University of Nevada,
Reno.
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