H*5018 Concurrent Resolution, By Harris, Jennings and Lucas
 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION THE LONG AND
 DEDICATED SERVICE OF THE HONORABLE JAMES E. LEPPARD, JR. OF CHESTERFIELD
 COUNTY TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS DENTIST, SENATOR, AND MAGISTRATE,
 AND ACKNOWLEDGING HIS MANY AND VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENRICHMENT OF THIS
 STATE.

   05/02/00  House  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-139
   05/03/00  Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-15

RECOGNIZING WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION THE LONG AND DEDICATED SERVICE OF THE HONORABLE JAMES E. LEPPARD, JR. OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS DENTIST, SENATOR, AND MAGISTRATE, AND ACKNOWLEDGING HIS MANY AND VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENRICHMENT OF THIS STATE.

Whereas, the Honorable John E. Leppard, Jr., D.M.D. is in his fifty-fourth year of the practice of dentistry, served from 1951 to 1958 in the South Carolina Senate, and was Magistrate of Cheraw Township in Chesterfield County from 1992 to 1999; and

Whereas, these many years of varied service by Senator Leppard to the citizens of the State of South Carolina were the continuation of a distinguished Leppard family tradition: his late father, James E. Leppard, Sr., his late brother, Edward M. Leppard, his late Uncle, Benjamin T. Leppard of Greenville and his late brother-in-law, Ivey Andrew "Son" Smoak of Walterboro, all served honorably in both the House of Representatives and the Senate; and

Whereas, in addition to the compassionate dental care of his patients, Dr. Leppard was responsible for a number of medical improvements affecting the citizens of Chesterfield County and the State of South Carolina: securing a health center for the eight towns in Chesterfield County and the county's first public health doctor and county hospital; co-authoring legislation to increase the number of students admitted to the Medical College each year and to create a four-year school of dentistry there; and achieving the location of the 385th Medical Detachment, Dental Service, of the United States Army reserve at Florence, from which he retired with the grade of colonel in 1986; and

Whereas, his many other areas of contribution significantly enriched the public school systems by increasing teacher benefits, public law enforcement efforts by providing for additional personnel and equipment, rural transportation and communication by spearheading efforts to pave five hundred new farm-to-market roads, and constructing second bridges over Thompson Creek and the Pee Dee River and establishing the Sandhill Rural Telephone Cooperative, serving seven towns and rural areas outside of Cheraw; and

Whereas, Judge Leppard completed his formal public service when he presided over the last of his several thousand magistrate court cases in 1999; and

Whereas, Dr. Leppard is a stellar example of South Carolinians born to public, private, and professional service. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the General Assembly, by this resolution, does hereby recognize with grateful appreciation the long and dedicated service of the Honorable James E. Leppard, Jr., of Chesterfield County to the citizens of South Carolina as dentist, senator, and magistrate, and acknowledges his many and varied contributions to the enrichment of this State.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Honorable James E. Leppard, Jr.