Senate Resolution No. 8--Senators Raggio, Titus, 
    Adler, Augustine, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Lee, 
    Lowden, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Connell, 
    O'Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Regan, Rhoads, 
    Shaffer, Townsend and Washington

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SENATE RESOLUTION--Inducting Walter R. Whitacre into the Senate 
       Hall of Fame.


  WHEREAS, The Senate of the Legislature of the 
State of Nevada has established a Senate Hall of Fame whose 
members are selected by leadership from those past Senators 
who have served with distinction; and
  WHEREAS, Certain past state Senators have 
distinguished themselves with their exemplary contributions 
to the State of Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, Walter R. Whitacre, who was 
recognized by his colleagues for his dependability and quiet 
competence, devoted 22 years to public service as a 
Legislator from Lyon County, with 14 of those years served 
in the Senate; and
  WHEREAS, As a Senator, Walter R. Whitacre 
served as Senate Majority Leader in the regular sessions of 
1959, 1960 and 1961 and as President Pro Tempore in 1963; 
now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, 
That Walter R. Whitacre, a man who at the time of his death 
in 1966 had the distinction of serving in 20 regular and 
special sessions of the Legislature and having more years of 
consecutive service on the Legislative Commission than any 
other member, is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of 
Fame of the Legislature of the State of Nevada; and be it 
further
  RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate 
prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to Ross E. 
Whitacre, son of the late Senator Whitacre.

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