Bill Text: IA HR107 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution honoring and recognizing Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn upon his retirement as president of the World Food Prize Foundation.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 42-8)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2020-03-09 - Laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 533. [HR107 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HR107-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
107
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
107
BY
UPMEYER
,
KAUFMANN
,
MOORE
,
A.
MEYER
,
ZUMBACH
,
DEYOE
,
BERGAN
,
ISENHART
,
FISHER
,
HALL
,
OLSON
,
KRESSIG
,
B.
MEYER
,
STAED
,
HAGENOW
,
MOMMSEN
,
CARLSON
,
HUSEMAN
,
GERHOLD
,
JENEARY
,
LUNDGREN
,
BEARINGER
,
HEIN
,
JACOBY
,
BEST
,
FRY
,
LOHSE
,
SEXTON
,
MOHR
,
MAXWELL
,
SALMON
,
DOLECHECK
,
BLOOMINGDALE
,
THOMPSON
,
KERR
,
JACOBSEN
,
SIECK
,
LANDON
,
HINSON
,
WORTHAN
,
PAUSTIAN
,
KLEIN
,
WILLS
,
HANUSA
,
HOLT
,
GUSTAFSON
,
BRINK
,
HITE
,
GRASSLEY
,
and
GASSMAN
A
Resolution
honoring
and
recognizing
Ambassador
1
Kenneth
M.
Quinn
upon
his
retirement
as
president
of
2
the
World
Food
Prize
Foundation.
3
WHEREAS,
Ambassador
Kenneth
M.
Quinn
attended
high
4
school
in
Dubuque,
Iowa,
and
received
his
undergraduate
5
degree
from
Loras
College;
and
6
WHEREAS,
Ambassador
Quinn
began
his
work
with
the
7
United
States
Department
of
State
in
1967,
where
he
8
alerted
the
world
to
the
dangers
of
the
Khmer
Rouge,
9
helped
to
assist
suffering
Cambodian
refugees
through
10
the
Iowa
SHARES
program,
personally
negotiated
the
11
entry
of
United
States
personnel
into
a
Vietnamese
12
prison
to
search
for
prisoners
of
war
and
those
missing
13
in
action,
served
as
the
ambassador
to
Cambodia,
and
14
saved
countless
lives
by
developing
and
implementing
15
methods
to
defeat
the
Khmer
Rouge;
and
16
WHEREAS,
after
retiring
from
the
United
States
17
Department
of
State
in
1999,
Ambassador
Quinn
returned
18
to
Iowa
and
assumed
the
leadership
of
the
World
Food
19
Prize
Foundation
in
2000,
where
he
headed
the
annual
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Iowa
Hunger
Summit,
grew
the
Global
Youth
Institute,
1
worked
to
develop
the
annual
$250,000
World
Food
Prize
2
award
into
the
“Nobel
Prize
for
Food
and
Agriculture”,
3
and
transformed
the
Norman
E.
Borlaug
International
4
Symposium
into
the
premier
conference
in
the
world
on
5
global
agriculture;
and
6
WHEREAS,
in
recognition
of
his
many
successes,
7
Ambassador
Quinn
has
received
numerous
awards,
8
including
the
Iowa
Medal,
the
Robert
D.
Ray
Iowa
SHARES
9
Humanitarian
Award,
the
Presidential
Distinguished
10
Service
Award,
the
White
House
Meritorious
Honor
11
Award,
the
United
States
Army
Air
Medal,
the
United
12
States
Department
of
State’s
Award
for
Heroism
13
and
Valor,
the
Steven
Krulis
Champion
of
Humanity
14
Distinguished
Service
Award,
the
George
Washington
15
Carver
Distinguished
Service
Award,
and
the
American
16
Foreign
Service
Association
Award
for
Courage
in
17
Challenging
Policy,
an
award
Ambassador
Quinn
has
won
18
three
times;
NOW
THEREFORE,
19
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
20
the
House
of
Representatives
honors
Ambassador
Kenneth
21
M.
Quinn
and
recognizes
and
expresses
its
thanks
for
22
his
many
accomplishments
and
his
tireless
devotion
to
23
bettering
the
lives
of
Iowans,
Americans,
and
people
24
everywhere.
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