S*945 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S*0945 Concurrent Resolution, By Martin and Lander
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO BRIGADIER GENERAL JERALD RAY HELGESON,
UPON HIS RETIREMENT AS COMMANDER, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD, SECOND BRIGADE,
ON JANUARY 31, 1998.
01/27/98 Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-337
01/28/98 House Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-11
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
TO EXTEND SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST
WISHES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO BRIGADIER GENERAL JERALD RAY HELGESON, UPON
HIS RETIREMENT AS COMMANDER, SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE GUARD, SECOND BRIGADE, ON JANUARY 31, 1998.
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly have learned that
Brigadier General Jerald Ray Helgeson will be retiring as
Commander, Second Brigade, on January 31, 1998; and
Whereas, Brigadier General Helgeson graduated from Joliet
Township High School in 1950 and earned an associate of arts and
science degree in General Business from Mercer County Community
College in 1986; and
Whereas, Brigadier General Helgeson served with the Illinois
National Guard and on active duty with the United States Army
before beginning his service to the State of South Carolina in 1966
with the South Carolina Army National Guard; and
Whereas, he retired as a Brigadier General from the National Guard
on March 27, 1990, with more than forty-one years of active service;
and
Whereas, Brigadier General Helgeson was appointed as a Colonel in
the South Carolina State Guard on February 2, 1992, as Deputy
Commander of the Second (Highland) Brigade and served in that
position until his reassignment as Commander on October 8, 1994;
and
Whereas, Brigadier General Helgeson was prestigiously promoted to
Brigadier General in the State Guard on January 12, 1995; and
Whereas, Brigadier General Helgeson completed the Air Defense
Artillery Familiarization Course, Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
Defense Course, Air Defense Artillery Officer Advanced Course, the
Infantry and Engineer Officer Basic Courses, obtained his
commission through the Officer Candidate School, and is a graduate
of the Command and General Staff College; and
Whereas, Brigadier General Helgeson's military awards include the
Legion of Merit, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal
with four oak leaf clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Korean
Service Medal, Armed Forced Reserve Medal with four hourglasses,
United Nations Service Medal, South Carolina Active State Service
Medal (20 years), the South Carolina Governor's Unit Citation, South
Carolina State Guard Medal of Merit, Commendation Medal,
Individual Achievement Ribbon, Longevity Service Medal, Service
Ribbon with four bronze stars, Emergency Service Training Ribbon,
Military Readiness, and the Military Proficiency Award; and
Whereas, as President of T&Z Technologies, Brigadier General
Helgeson invested one million dollars in a new plastics facility at the
South Airport Industrial Park in Liberty that created over fifty-five
new jobs for Pickens County; and
Whereas, Brigadier General Helgeson is and continues to be an
upstanding and well-respected leader throughout the Anderson
community and the State of South Carolina; and
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution,
would like to publicly recognize and thank him for his lifelong
dedication and devotion to his family, his community, his state and
his nation. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives
concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina hereby extend sincere congratulations and best wishes upon
the occasion of his retirement to Brigadier General Jerald Ray
Helgeson for a distinguished thirty years of dedicated military service
to this state and nation.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
Brigadier General Jerald Ray Helgeson.
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