| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution honoring the memory of the late Henry J. |
| 3 | Prominski. |
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Henry J. Prominski, 76, an attorney and former |
| 6 | state legislator who served from 1966 to 1970, died Saturday, |
| 7 | April 1, 2006, and |
| 8 | WHEREAS, born September 4, 1929, in New Brunswick, New |
| 9 | Jersey, Mr. Prominski moved to Florida in 1952, relocated from |
| 10 | Fort Lauderdale to Weirsdale in 1980, and settled in Gainesville |
| 11 | in 2004, where he resided at Oak Hammock at the University of |
| 12 | Florida, "an innovative life fulfilling community for the 21st |
| 13 | century," the board of directors of which he served as a |
| 14 | founding member, and |
| 15 | WHEREAS, in 1950, Mr. Prominski received a bachelor of arts |
| 16 | degree from the University of Pennsylvania, earned a bachelor of |
| 17 | laws degree from the University of Miami in 1959 and a master of |
| 18 | laws from McGill University in Canada in 1961, and was a member |
| 19 | of Delta Theta Phi, Law Review, and the Order of the Wig and |
| 20 | Robe, and |
| 21 | WHEREAS, Mr. Prominski was a Lieutenant Commander who |
| 22 | served his country as a pilot in the United States Navy and the |
| 23 | United States Naval Reserve, and |
| 24 | WHEREAS, a member of the Weirsdale Presbyterian Church, Mr. |
| 25 | Prominski also held memberships in the Navy League of the United |
| 26 | States, The Florida Bar, the Lake Weir Yacht Club, and the Lake |
| 27 | Weir Kiwanis Club, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 29 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 30 | Florida: |
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| 32 | That the House of Representatives pauses in its |
| 33 | deliberations to honor the memory of the late Henry J. Prominski |
| 34 | and to acknowledge his contributions to the State of Florida and |
| 35 | to the nation. |