House Bill 9183

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9183

        By Representative Bullard






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring Alvah H. Chapman, Jr.

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  4         WHEREAS, Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., who retired as Chairman

  5  of Knight-Ridder, Inc., in 1989 after almost 30 years with

  6  that organization and remains a director of the organization,

  7  is an active civic leader in the Miami area, and

  8         WHEREAS, Mr. Chapman, a native of Columbus, Georgia,

  9  and a graduate of The Citadel in South Carolina, served as a

10  B-17 bomber pilot and squadron commander in World War II,

11  completing 37 combat missions with the 8th Air Force, and

12         WHEREAS, after the war, Mr. Chapman began his newspaper

13  career at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and subsequently worked

14  for the St. Petersburg Times and the Savannah newspapers

15  before joining The Miami Herald, a Knight newspaper, in 1960,

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17         WHEREAS, Mr. Chapman became Chief Executive Officer of

18  Knight-Ridder, Inc., in 1976 and Chairman in 1982, a position

19  he held until his retirement, and

20         WHEREAS, Mr. Chapman's long-standing, continuing, and

21  tireless civic leadership includes serving as Chairman of the

22  Community Partnership for the Homeless, Inc., Chairman

23  Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Florida International

24  University Foundation, and Founding Chairman of Community

25  Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, an outgrowth of his work as

26  Chairman of the National Coalition Committee of the

27  President's Drug Advisory Council, and

28         WHEREAS, Mr. Chapman served, at the request of the late

29  Governor Lawton Chiles, as Chairman of the Governor's

30  Commission on the Homeless and, at the request of the late

31  Governor and of former President George Bush, as Chairman of

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9183

    546-178-99






  1  We Will Rebuild, a community effort to rebuild after the

  2  devastation wrought by Hurricane Andrew, and

  3         WHEREAS, Mr. Chapman is also a member of the Orange

  4  Bowl Committee and serves on the Board of Trustees of the John

  5  S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and

  6         WHEREAS, it is fitting that Mr. Chapman be honored, not

  7  only for his professional achievements, but also for his

  8  extraordinary civic leadership, NOW, THEREFORE,

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10  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

11  Florida:

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13         That Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., is hereby honored for his

14  many years of extraordinary service to the citizens of this

15  state, both as a newspaper executive and as a civic leader.

16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

17  be presented to Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., as a tangible token of

18  the sentiments expressed herein.

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