Senate Bill sb2950

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2950

    By Senator Carlton





    23-1312A-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing April 16, 2003, as

  3         "Warren S. Henderson Day" in the State of

  4         Florida.

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  6         WHEREAS, Warren S. Henderson was born November 14,

  7  1927, in Exeter, New Hampshire, graduated from Denison

  8  University in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, moved to

  9  Florida in 1955, settled in Sarasota County, and became

10  involved in civic affairs and public service, and

11         WHEREAS, in 1956, Warren S. Henderson initiated his

12  career in public service by serving as a member of the

13  Sarasota Planning and Zoning Committee, and from 1960 to 1963

14  served as a member of the Sarasota Juvenile Merit Board, as a

15  member and chairman of the Sarasota County Water & Navigation

16  Control Authority, the Manatee-Sarasota Airport Authority, and

17  the Sarasota County Board of Commissioners, and

18         WHEREAS, in 1963, Warren S. Henderson was elected to

19  the Florida Senate for a term that, due to reapportionment,

20  ended in 1966, when he was elected to the Florida House of

21  Representatives for a 1-year term, at the expiration of which

22  he was again elected to the Florida Senate, where he served

23  from 1967 to 1984, and

24         WHEREAS, during his tenure in the Florida Senate,

25  Senator Henderson was a prominent leader of the Republican

26  party and served with distinction in many leadership roles,

27  including chairman of the Committee on Resolutions and

28  Memorials (1963), chairman of the Committee on Motor Vehicles

29  (1965), Senate Minority Leader (1970-1972), chairman of the

30  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform (1975), and Vice Chair of

31  the Committee on Natural Resources (1978-1980), and

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2950
    23-1312A-03




 1         WHEREAS, Senator Henderson was an effective advocate

 2  for a wide variety of environmental issues with legislation

 3  named after him, and

 4         WHEREAS, he was the primary architect of a

 5  constellation of pro-child legislation such as that creating

 6  Children's Medical Services, then the primary state unit

 7  responsible for children with special health care needs, and

 8         WHEREAS, Senator Henderson has rendered many years of

 9  invaluable public service to the people of Sarasota County, to

10  the people of the districts from which he was elected and to

11  the people of Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,

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13  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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15         That the Florida Senate recognizes April 16, 2003, as

16  "Warren S. Henderson Day" in the State of Florida.

17         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

18  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Warren S.

19  Henderson as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida

20  Senate.

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