Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 22–Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

March 18, 2003

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen 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, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes Edmund J. Cain, Dean Emeritus of University of Nevada, Reno, College of Education. (BDR R‑1042)

 

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

 

Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing Edmund J. Cain, Dean Emeritus of the University of Nevada, Reno, College of Education.

 

1-1  Whereas, On January 17, 2003, higher education in Nevada

1-2  lost a leader and educational administrator extraordinaire with the

1-3  death of Edmund J. Cain, the man who is viewed as having

1-4  modernized teacher education and who established an international

1-5  reputation for the College of Education at the University of Nevada,

1-6  Reno; and

1-7  Whereas, Born in Chico, California, on March 19, 1918,

1-8  Edmund Cain, attended schools in Chico and helped support his

2-1  family until his enlistment in the United States Army following the

2-2  bombing of Pearl Harbor; and

2-3  Whereas, Assigned to the Signal Corps based in Fort

2-4  Monmouth, New Jersey, Edmund Cain met and married Virginia

2-5  Hartigan, eventually rose to the rank of Captain and, because of his

2-6  nondiscriminatory manner, was selected to lead an African-

2-7  American company during the invasion and occupation of Okinawa,

2-8  Japan; and

2-9  Whereas, On returning to New Jersey following his discharge

2-10  from the Army, Edmund Cain entered Columbia University where

2-11  he earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in the field

2-12  of education; and

2-13      Whereas, Following his first college teaching position with

2-14  Western Connecticut State University, Edmund Cain became a

2-15  professor of education at the University of Delaware where he

2-16  developed innovative methods for teacher development, and it was

2-17  during his tenure there that his interest in international education

2-18  prompted him to take a leave of absence to be a consultant with

2-19  UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

2-20  Organization, in Santiago, Chile, for 2 years; and

2-21      Whereas, Dr. Cain later served as a consultant to the Institute

2-22  of International Education, was a founder of the International

2-23  Council on Education for Teaching and was selected to head one of

2-24  the first teams of Americans to go behind the Iron Curtain to

2-25  evaluate the state of education in Yugoslavia; and

2-26      Whereas, Fortunately for the State of Nevada, Dr. Cain chose

2-27  to accept the challenges of a growing Nevada campus and joined the

2-28  University of Nevada faculty in 1964 where, as Dean of the College

2-29  of Education for the next 20 years, he led a period of extraordinary

2-30  statewide development for Nevada education which emphasized

2-31  laboratory experiences for student teachers, spearheaded tutoring

2-32  opportunities for disadvantaged youngsters in lower-income

2-33  neighborhoods and included the development of the first

2-34  international student exchange program for the College; and

2-35      Whereas, Dr. Cain’s belief that demonstration laboratories and

2-36  updated classrooms were essential teaching tools resulted in a new

2-37  College of Education, dedicated in 1972, which was rededicated and

2-38  named in his honor in 1998; and

2-39      Whereas, As Dean Emeritus of the College of Education of the

2-40  University of Nevada, Reno, Dr. Edmund Cain was appointed to the

2-41  Board of Directors of the Far West Laboratory for Educational

2-42  Research and Development in 1996; and

2-43      Whereas, Community service was also a part of Edmund

2-44  Cain’s life as evidenced in his involvement with the United Way,

2-45  Rotary and the Boy Scouts of America who honored him in 1998 as

3-1  a Distinguished Eagle Scout for his 65 years of service to the Boy

3-2  Scouts; and

3-3  Whereas, Edmund Cain is survived by Virginia, his wife of 58

3-4  years, his sons, Edmund and James, his daughter, Mary-Ellen

3-5  McMullen, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; now,

3-6  therefore, be it

3-7  Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the

3-8  Assembly Concurring, That the members of the 72nd Session of

3-9  the Nevada Legislature extend their deepest sympathy to the family

3-10  and friends of Edmund J. Cain, especially to his wife, Virginia; and

3-11  be it further

3-12      Resolved, That Edmund J. Cain Hall on the campus of the

3-13  University of Nevada, Reno, will stand as a testimony to the man

3-14  whose vision was a leading force in the growth of teacher education

3-15  in the State of Nevada; and be it further

3-16      Resolved, That the academic achievement of the children of

3-17  this state will be a legacy to Edmund Cain who breathed life into the

3-18  education of teachers during his decades of service to higher

3-19  education in Nevada; and be it further

3-20      Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and

3-21  transmit a copy of this resolution to Edmund Cain’s beloved wife,

3-22  Virginia.

 

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