Bill Text: GA HR843 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Resolution 843 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Gambill, Mr. Matthew Harris; commend

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-11 - House Read and Adopted [HR843 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR843-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 843

By: Representative Coomer of the 14th

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Mr. Matthew Harris Gambill; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Mr. Matthew Harris Gambill has served the citizens of the great State of Georgia as a leader in government and civic organizations; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Gambill serves as executive director for the Georgia Association for Career & Technical Education and as a member of the Georgia Society of Association Executives, the Cartersville-Bartow Chamber of Commerce, and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and its Governmental Affairs Council; and

WHEREAS, a graduate of Leadership Bartow and Leadership Georgia, Mr. Gambill serves his local community on the board of directors of Murphy-Harpst Children's Home and Indian Springs Camp Meeting; and

WHEREAS, a native of Cartersville and graduate of the Cartersville City School System, Mr. Gambill earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Lee University, where he was active with Pi Sigma Alpha and the Political Science Honor Society; and

WHEREAS, he served as aide to the Higher Education and Education Committees for the Georgia House of Representatives, where he assisted in the daily business of the Georgia General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Gambill is the grandson of the late Frank and Frances Harris of Cartersville, where Mr. Frank Harris was a successful Bartow County businessman who served for many years on the Cartersville City School Board and was instrumental in the growth and economic development of Cartersville and Bartow County, and his uncle, Joe Frank Harris, served as Governor of Georgia; and

WHEREAS, he is united in love and marriage to his wife, former Representative for the Georgia House of Representatives Danae Roberts Gambill, and is the proud father of David and Mary Harris Gambill; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Gambill has been named the 2011 New Board Member of the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Georgia, one of the highest awards a board member can receive at the state level for work on behalf of the Boys and Girls Clubs; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of this distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend Mr. Matthew Harris Gambill for his continued and dedicated service to the citizens of the State of Georgia.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Matthew Harris Gambill.