Bill Text: OR HCR7 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: In memoriam: Patricia Whiting, 1940-2010.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-03 - Filed with Secretary of State. [HCR7 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HCR7-Enrolled.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                  House Concurrent Resolution 7

Sponsored by Representative DOHERTY (Presession filed.)

  Whereas Patricia Whiting was born Patricia D. Carpio on October
22, 1940, the eldest child of a migrant farmworker family; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting was of Filipino, Icelandic and Native
American descent; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting's mother had multiple sclerosis and
relied on Patricia to help raise Patricia's seven siblings; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting worked to support herself and her
family during her college years at the University of California
at San Jose, where she received her bachelor's degree, and
subsequently received a master's degree in public administration
from Lewis and Clark College; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting was elected to the Oregon House of
Representatives in November 1972, serving three terms as a member
of the Legislative Assembly; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting served on the Washington County
Community Action poverty program board of directors; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting initiated the first tobacco smoking
ban in Oregon during legislative hearings in 1973; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting was instrumental in initiating Oregon
Project Independence to help seniors stay in their own homes,
save money and be happier; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting cosponsored legislation banning the
use of chlorofluorocarbons in aerosol cans, which were a
significant cause of ozone layer depletion, and took her
environmental initiative to the national stage by debating a
DuPont representative on the Today show, a debate that garnered
international attention; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting was named by the Eagleton Institute of
Politics, Rutgers University, and the Carnegie Corporation of New
York as one of the top 10 state legislators in the United States;
and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting served as chairperson of the Citizen
Participation Organization 4M (Metzger, East Tigard, Durham); and
  Whereas Metzger Park Hall was dedicated as Patricia D. Whiting
Hall on October 1, 2011; and
  Whereas Patricia Whiting will be remembered as a devoted and
inspirational community leader, legislator, wife and sister; now,
therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-seventh Legislative
Assembly, honor Patricia Whiting for her pioneering and prolific
work as a public servant and community leader and express our
condolences to her family.
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Enrolled House Concurrent Resolution 7 (HCR 7-INTRO)       Page 1

                                 Adopted by House March 4, 2013

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                                 Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of
                                              House

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                                  Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

                                 Adopted by Senate April 1, 2013

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                                  Peter Courtney, President of
                                             Senate

Enrolled House Concurrent Resolution 7 (HCR 7-INTRO)       Page 2