Bill Text: GA SR435 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Georgia Senate Resolution 435 (Prior Session Legislation)

Enrolled

Bill Title: Lane III, Mr. Mills Bee; recognize

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-03-03 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR435 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-SR435-Enrolled.html

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Senate Resolution 435

By: Senators Jackson of the 2nd, Johnson of the 1st and Hill of the 4th

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Mr. Mills Bee Lane III on his induction into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Mr. Mills Bee Lane III has become one of the most prominent boxing referees in the world and his incredible career has earned him a place of honor in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; and

WHEREAS, a native of Savannah, Georgia, Mr. Lane began his boxing career while he served as a guardian of this nation's freedom with the United States Marine Corps in 1956 where he became the All-Far East welterweight champion; and

WHEREAS, after completing his military service, Mr. Lane enrolled at the University of Nevada at Reno where he earned an amateur record of 45-4 and captured the 1960 NCAA Welterweight Championship; and

WHEREAS, while a student at the University of Nevada, Mr. Lane became a professional boxer and, over the next three years, he won 11 matches and lost only one; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Lane ended his professional boxing career to earn a law degree but returned to the ring in 1971 as a professional referee, and over the next 30 years he officiated 102 World Championship boxing matches; and

WHEREAS, notable matches that Mr. Lane has refereed include Larry Holmes vs. Ken Norton in 1978, Hector Camacho vs. Ray Mancini in 1989, and Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson's "bite fight" in 1997; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Lane has a legal career as equally spectacular as his boxing career and earned national notoriety with as a no-nonsense judge on his television series the Judge Mills Lane Show; and

WHEREAS, in addition to being a 2009 inductee in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, Mr. Lane was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize Mr. Mills Bee Lane III for his stellar career in the boxing and congratulate him on his induction into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Mills Bee Lane III.