Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 7–Assemblymen Marvel, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams

 

Joint Sponsors: Senators Rhoads, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Raggio, Rawson, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

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Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing former mining lobbyist and Nevada Tax Commissioner, Howard Winn.

 

    Whereas, The Nevada State Legislature notes with sadness the

 passing of W. Howard Winn on December 12, 2001, at a ranch near

 Silver City, New Mexico; and

    Whereas, Howard Winn was born to W. Henry and Annie Ritz

 Winn on May 16, 1916, in Howard County, Missouri, and moved

 with his family to spend his childhood on a wheat farm and attend

 schools in McPherson, Kansas; and

    Whereas, After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in

 Mining Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1939,

 Howard Winn joined Kennecott Copper Corporation where his 36

-year career included work as a Design Engineer, Smelter

 Superintendent, Concentrator Superintendent and Reduction Plant

 Superintendent in several of the company’s operations before his

 appointment as General Manager of the Nevada Mines Division in

 Ely, a position that he held for the last 12 years until his retirement

 in 1976; and

    Whereas, In 1935, Howard Winn married Chrysie Bailey and,

 after her death in 1987, Howard memorialized their love of 52 years

 with his establishment of the Chrysie P. Winn Memorial

 Endowment, which provides funding for the enhancement of the

 mining and geology collection of the DeLaMare Library of the

 Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno, where

 the Chrysie P. Winn Reading Room has been named in her honor;

 and

    Whereas, A long-standing member of the American Institute

 of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and the Society of Mining

 Engineers, Howard Winn was a consultant to the Nevada Mining

Association for 12 years after his retirement from Kennecott and

also served for 19 years on the Nevada Tax Commission; and

    Whereas, Believing that laws should be written for the benefit

 of the public generally, Howard Winn worked as a lobbyist at the

 Nevada Legislature not only for the mining industry but for all

 Nevadans, and his efforts resulted in the passage of many laws that

 protect the State’s wildlife and air and water quality; and

    Whereas, In addition to the scholarship-endowed trust

 established by him at the Mackay School of Mines, Howard Winn

 demonstrated his love for people and for the mining industry by

 mentoring many men and women who achieved much in their own

 careers in mining and by supporting a prominent role for women in

 the industry before it was popular to do so; and

    Whereas, Howard Winn was also preceded in death by his

 second wife, Arvada, and is remembered as a man of the greatest

 honor and integrity who respected all people for their individual

 abilities to contribute to the greater good; now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the

 Senate Concurring, That the members of the 72nd session of

 the Nevada Legislature extend their condolences to the many

 friends of W. Howard Winn; and be it further

    Resolved, That the table, beautifully crafted by Howard Winn

 and located in the Chrysie P. Winn Reading Room, will be a

 reminder of the generosity and love of this man who left his mark

 on the mining industry and the people of Nevada.

 

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