S*1229 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S*1229 Concurrent Resolution, By Martin, Alexander, Anderson, Branton, Bryan,
Cork, Courson, Courtney, Drummond, Elliott, Fair, Ford, Giese, Glover, Gregory,
Grooms, Hayes, Holland, Hutto, Jackson, Land, Lander, Leatherman, Leventis,
Matthews, McConnell, McGill, Mescher, Moore, O'Dell, Passailaigue, Patterson,
Peeler, Rankin, Ravenel, Reese, Russell, Ryberg, Saleeby, Setzler, Short,
J.V. Smith, Thomas, Waldrep, Washington and Wilson
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE HONORABLE EARLE E. MORRIS, JR., A
NATIVE SON OF PICKENS COUNTY, FOR FOUR DECADES OF OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND
PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, A MEMBER OF THE SENATE, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COMPTROLLER
GENERAL, AND EXTENDING HIM BEST WISHES UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT.
05/05/98 Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-8
05/07/98 House Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-2
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
COMMENDING THE HONORABLE EARLE E. MORRIS, JR., A
NATIVE SON OF PICKENS COUNTY, FOR FOUR DECADES
OF OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE TO
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MEMBER OF THE
SENATE, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COMPTROLLER
GENERAL, AND EXTENDING HIM BEST WISHES UPON THE
OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT.
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly have learned that the
Honorable Earle E. Morris will retire at the end of his present term as
Comptroller General after four decades of public service to the State
of South Carolina; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris is a graduate of Pickens
High School and a 1949 graduate of Clemson University; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris will be remembered as one
of the great public servants of the present century who paved the way
and prepared this State for the move into our next century; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was first elected to public
office as a member of the House of Representatives in 1950 at the age
of 21 where he served until 1954; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was elected to the South
Carolina Senate in 1954 and served until 1970; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was elected Lieutenant
Governor in 1970 and served until 1975; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was elected Comptroller
General by the General Assembly on June 16, 1976, to fill the
unexpired term of J. Henry Mills; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was elected by the people of
South Carolina as Comptroller General on November 7, 1978, and
was re-elected to four consecutive terms and served a total of twenty
years as Comptroller General; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris is a Retired Commander,
Major General, South Carolina State Guard and the past President of
the South Carolina National Guard Association; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was a Delegate for the
Southern Democratic Convention for thirty-six years (1950-86) and
attended the National Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1952 and
as a Delegate in 1956 and 1968; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was prestigiously named
Who's Who in the South, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in
Government and Who's Who in the World; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris received honorary degrees
for his distinguished public service from the University of South
Carolina, the Medical University of South Carolina, Lander
University, Clemson University, The Citadel, Francis Marion
University, Central Wesleyan College, South Carolina State
University, University of Charleston and Winthrop University; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris is past President of the
National Association of State Comptrollers, past Chairman of the
Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council, past
President of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers
and Treasurers and is Chairman of Carolina Investors, Inc., and a
member of the Board of Visitors for Charleston Southern University;
and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris received the 1997 Living
Legend Award by the South Carolina Historical Society, the 1995
Frank Greathouse Distinguished Leadership Award by the National
Association of Government Accountants, the Highest Effort Award
for Government by Sigma Alpha Epsilon National Fraternity and was
named 1993 Nation's Most Valuable Public Official by City and State
Magazine and other awards and affiliations too numerous to mention
by this resolution; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris is a true and selfless public
servant who has always put the people of South Carolina first when
planning and conducting business as a dedicated leader of this great
State; and
Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris will be sorely missed by the
members of the General Assembly and the citizens of South Carolina
who know him as a great leader. 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, by this resolution, commend the Honorable Earle E. Morris,
Jr., for four decades of outstanding leadership and public service to
the State of South Carolina and extend him best wishes upon the
occasion of his retirement.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
the Honorable Earle E. Morris, Jr.
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