Bill Text: IA SR108 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A resolution celebrating the installation of a statue of Norman Borlaug in our nation's Capitol and recognizing March 25, 2014, as national agriculture day in the United States.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Resolution filed, referred to Rules & Administration. S.J. 393. [SR108 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-SR108-Introduced.html
Senate Resolution 108 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 108 BY JOHNSON A Resolution celebrating the installation of a statue 1 of Norman Borlaug in our nation’s Capitol and 2 recognizing March 25, 2014, as National Agriculture 3 Day in the United States. 4 WHEREAS, Norman Borlaug was born on March 25, 1914, 5 on a farm in Howard County, and attended kindergarten 6 through 8th grade in a one-room school house and then 7 was a star wrestler at Cresco High School; and 8 WHEREAS, Dr. Borlaug was a distinguished graduate of 9 a United States land-grant university and served on the 10 faculty of another land-grant university, and as such 11 reflects the great achievements of that superb national 12 educational system; and 13 WHEREAS, Dr. Borlaug, a 1970 Nobel Peace Prize 14 Laureate, the World Food Prize founder, and the “Father 15 of the Green Revolution” saved an estimated one billion 16 lives with his advances in wheat science; and 17 WHEREAS, among his numerous awards and accolades Dr. 18 Borlaug was awarded both the United States Presidential 19 Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, 20 America’s highest civilian honors, for his prodigious 21 accomplishments in fighting hunger; and 22 WHEREAS, as each state is allowed two statues of 23 notable citizens to be displayed in the United States 24 Capitol’s Statuary Hall, the Iowa General Assembly in 25 2011 authorized the commission of a statue honoring Dr. 26 Borlaug; and 27 WHEREAS, in March 2011, the Iowa General Assembly 28 -1- LSB 5617SS (8) 85 jr/rj 1/ 2
S.R. 108 unanimously passed, and the Governor signed, a 1 resolution placing a statue of Dr. Borlaug in the 2 United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the 3 Governor then appointed a committee to raise the funds 4 to commission an artist to create such a statue; and 5 WHEREAS, donations from generous benefactors have 6 covered all expenses in creating and transporting the 7 statue; and 8 WHEREAS, March 25, 2014, is National Agriculture Day 9 throughout the United States and the 100th anniversary 10 of Dr. Borlaug’s birth; and 11 WHEREAS, the bronze statue of Dr. Borlaug will be 12 unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on March 25, 2014, as one 13 of two statues that represent the state of Iowa in 14 Statuary Hall; NOW THEREFORE, 15 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 16 recognizes March 25, 2014, as National Agriculture Day 17 in the United States and celebrates the life’s work and 18 memory of Dr. Norman Borlaug, soon to be memorialized 19 by a statue in our nation’s Capitol. 20 -2- LSB 5617SS (8) 85 jr/rj 2/ 2
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