Bill Text: IN HR0084 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Representative Craig Fry on his retirement from the Indiana House.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-07 - First reading: adopted voice vote [HR0084 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HR0084-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION to honor Representative Craig
Fry on his retirement from the Indiana House of
Representatives.
Whereas, Representative Craig Fry has represented his
constituents, the citizens of House District 5, at the Statehouse
for twenty-three years;
Whereas, Representative Fry is a life-long resident of his
hometown of Mishawaka, having graduated from Mishawaka
High School in 1970 before going on to study at Ball State
University, Indiana University-South Bend, the National Labor
College, from whom he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
and Ivy Tech State College, for whom he serves today as the
Executive Director of Apprenticeship Studies, and where he has
been instrumental in the creation of pioneering associate degree
programs in partnership with building trades unions in Indiana
and across the country;
Whereas, Representative Fry's work in the Statehouse on
behalf of his constituents and of the state of Indiana has been
widely recognized by a wide range of organizations and
associations, including several awards as a Legislator of the
Year, with his reputation extending even into neighboring
states, as demonstrated by his commission by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky as a Kentucky Colonel; and,
Whereas, Outside the Statehouse, Representative Fry
worked for many years in the construction industry as a
carpenter, foreman and superintendent, while being an active,
long-standing member of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters, and has worked on behalf of his neighbors and his
community as a member of the Penn Township Advisory
Board, of Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies, and of the NAACP:
Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives thanks
Representative Craig Fry for his dedicated and honorable service to his
constituency and to the state of Indiana, and wishes him happiness and
contentment in his retirement.
SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to Representative
Craig Fry and his family.
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