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

 

March 19, 2003

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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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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes former mining lobbyist and Nevada Tax Commissioner, Howard Winn. (BDR R‑68)

 

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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 former mining lobbyist and Nevada Tax Commissioner, Howard Winn.

 

1-1  Whereas, The Nevada State Legislature notes with sadness the

1-2  passing of W. Howard Winn on December 12, 2001, at a ranch near

1-3  Silver City, New Mexico; and

1-4  Whereas, Howard Winn was born to W. Henry and Annie Ritz

1-5  Winn on May 16, 1916, in Howard County, Missouri, and moved

1-6  with his family to spend his childhood on a wheat farm and attend

1-7  schools in McPherson, Kansas; and

1-8  Whereas, After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in

1-9  Mining Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1939, Howard

2-1  Winn joined Kennecott Copper Corporation where his 36-year

2-2  career included work as a Design Engineer, Smelter Superintendent,

2-3  Concentrator Superintendent and Reduction Plant Superintendent in

2-4  several of the company’s operations before his appointment as

2-5  General Manager of the Nevada Mines Division in Ely, a position

2-6  that he held for the last 12 years until his retirement in 1976; and

2-7  Whereas, In 1935, Howard Winn married Chrysie Bailey and,

2-8  after her death in 1987, Howard memorialized their love of 52 years

2-9  with his establishment of the Chrysie P. Winn Memorial

2-10  Endowment, which provides funding for the enhancement of the

2-11  mining and geology collection of the DeLaMare Library of the

2-12  Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno, where

2-13  the Chrysie P. Winn Reading Room has been named in her honor;

2-14  and

2-15      Whereas, A long-standing member of the American Institute

2-16  of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and the Society of Mining

2-17  Engineers, Howard Winn was a consultant to the Nevada Mining

2-18  Association for 12 years after his retirement from Kennecott and

2-19  also served for 19 years on the Nevada Tax Commission; and

2-20      Whereas, Believing that laws should be written for the benefit

2-21  of the public generally, Howard Winn worked as a lobbyist at the

2-22  Nevada Legislature not only for the mining industry but for all

2-23  Nevadans, and his efforts resulted in the passage of many laws that

2-24  protect the State’s wildlife and air and water quality; and

2-25      Whereas, In addition to the scholarship-endowed trust

2-26  established by him at the Mackay School of Mines, Howard Winn

2-27  demonstrated his love for people and for the mining industry by

2-28  mentoring many men and women who achieved much in their own

2-29  careers in mining and by supporting a prominent role for women in

2-30  the industry before it was popular to do so; and

2-31      Whereas, Howard Winn was also preceded in death by his

2-32  second wife, Arvada, and is remembered as a man of the greatest

2-33  honor and integrity who respected all people for their individual

2-34  abilities to contribute to the greater good; now, therefore, be it

2-35      Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the

2-36  Senate Concurring, That the members of the 72nd session of the

2-37  Nevada Legislature extend their condolences to the many friends of

2-38  W. Howard Winn; and be it further

2-39      Resolved, That the table, beautifully crafted by Howard Winn

2-40  and located in the Chrysie P. Winn Reading Room, will be a

2-41  reminder of the generosity and love of this man who left his mark on

2-42  the mining industry and the people of Nevada.

 

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