Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2800
       
       
       
       By Senators Atwater, King, Pruitt, and Lawson
       
       
       
       
       25-04811C-09                                          20092800__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the outstanding public
    3         service and lifetime achievements of Mallory E. Horne
    4         and designating Room 37 in the Senate Office Building
    5         the “Mallory Horne Committee Room.”
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, Mallory E. Horne was born in Tavares, Florida, on
    8  April 17, 1925, and
    9         WHEREAS, Mallory E. Horne graduated with distinction from
   10  Leon High School in Tallahassee and immediately enlisted in the
   11  United States Army Air Corps to fight in World War II, and
   12         WHEREAS, Mallory E. Horne was rated the top flight school
   13  graduate in the nation and was chosen to attend the United
   14  States military’s first-ever advanced aerial combat training,
   15  now known as “Top Gun,” and
   16         WHEREAS, after the war, Mallory E. Horne continued to serve
   17  in the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve and was
   18  honorably discharged at the rank of captain, and
   19         WHEREAS, Mallory E. Horne attended the University of
   20  Florida, where he served as chancellor of the Honor Corps and,
   21  in 1949, was elected president of the senior class, and
   22         WHEREAS, Mallory E. Horne began the practice of law,
   23  opening his own firm in Tallahassee, and was elected statewide
   24  president of the Junior Bar of Florida, and
   25         WHEREAS, while still in his twenties, Mallory E. Horne was
   26  elected to the Florida House of Representatives, where his
   27  leadership abilities were immediately recognized and he enjoyed
   28  a rapid rise to prominence, culminating with his election as
   29  Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
   30         WHEREAS, upon leaving the House Of Representatives, Mallory
   31  E. Horne was elected to the Florida Senate, where, in 1973-1974,
   32  he served as Senate President, becoming the only person since
   33  Reconstruction to serve in both offices, and
   34         WHEREAS, as a legislator, Mallory E. Horne was known for
   35  his spellbinding orations and his willingness to take
   36  principled, and sometimes unpopular, stands, and
   37         WHEREAS, while Mallory E. Horne’s entire legislative body
   38  of work is worthy of recognition, three of his greatest
   39  accomplishments are the implementation of fair legislative
   40  apportionment, the complete executive reorganization of all
   41  three branches of government, and his tireless efforts to retain
   42  Tallahassee as the state capital, and
   43         WHEREAS, Mallory E. Horne served as member on the first
   44  Constitutional Advisory Commission, as general counsel to the
   45  Department of Agriculture and the Florida Senate, and as
   46  chairman of the Public Employee Relations Commission, and
   47         WHEREAS, throughout his career as a high-profile lawyer,
   48  Mallory E. Horne has given generously of his time and energy in
   49  providing pro bono legal assistance to low-income individuals
   50  and supporting the work of volunteer legal services
   51  organizations, NOW, THEREFORE,
   52  
   53  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   54  
   55         That the Senate recognizes and celebrates the unparalleled
   56  legislative service of Mallory E. Horne in the Florida House of
   57  Representatives and the Florida Senate and honors his commitment
   58  to public service.
   59         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in recognition of Mallory E.
   60  Horne’s outstanding public service and lifetime achievements,
   61  the Senate designates Room 37 of the Senate Office Building,
   62  known as “Committee Room A” during his time of service in the
   63  Legislature, as the “Mallory Horne Committee Room.”
   64         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   65  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Mallory E. Horne
   66  as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.