Bill Text: GA SR577 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Trethewey, Natasha; recognize

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-03-12 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR577 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-SR577-Enrolled.html

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09 LC 94 1060

Senate Resolution 577

By: Senators Orrock of the 36th, Buckner of the 44th, Butler of the 55th, Jones of the 10th, Unterman of the 45th and others

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Professor Natasha Trethewey of Emory University; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Professor Natasha Trethewey of Emory University, where she holds the Phyllis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry, was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2007 and thereby achieved a distinction attained by only two other African American female poets; and

WHEREAS, she is well-recognized as an acclaimed female poet whose powerful collection of verse, entitled Native Guard, reveals the heroism and horrific tragedy of black Union soldiers guarding a fort on Ship Island off the coast of Mississippi during the U.S. Civil War; and

WHEREAS, numerous awards have been bestowed on this University of Georgia alumna, including fellowships at the Rockefeller Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, and Harvard University's prestigious Bunting Institute as well as notable poetry prizes including the Lillian Smith Award for poetry, the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the 2008 Georgia Woman of the Year; and

WHEREAS, her intellectual peers widely acknowledge her exceptional ability to address the notion of cultural memory and search out historical erasures, for it is vital to remember and find worthiness in the untold stories in order that truth be told; and

WHEREAS, this passionate poet skillfully explores the innermost yearning and complex hopes that accompany our most private thoughts and reclaims that interior life where the true self flourishes and to which humankind returns for strength, meaning, and well-being.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend Professor Natasha Trethewey for her profound contributions and accomplishments.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Ms. Natasha Trethewey.