Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1394 Primary Sponsor:Matthews Type of Legislation:CR Subject:Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940504 Computer Document Number:1394 Introduced Date:19940428 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19940504 Last History Type:Received from House Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Matthews Williams Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 1394 Senate 19940504 Received from House 1394 House 19940504 Adopted, returned to Senate with concurrence 1394 House 19940504 Committee Report: Favorable 24 1394 House 19940503 Introduced, referred to 24 Committee 1394 Senate 19940428 Introduced, adopted, sent to HouseView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THE INTERCHANGE AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 95 AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 26 IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY AS THE FRANK L. CULBERTSON, JR. INTERCHANGE.
Whereas, Commander Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Culbertson, Sr., is a United States Navy Astronaut; and
Whereas, he was born in Charleston but considers Holly Hill his home; and
Whereas, Commander Culbertson graduated from Holly Hill High School in 1967 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1971; and
Whereas, he has been recognized for his outstanding service by receiving Navy and Air Force commendation medals and several meritorious unit medals; and
Whereas, Commander Culbertson served six months in the Gulf of Tonkin and aboard the USS Fox; and
Whereas, his military experience is superior, receiving training as an S-4 Phantom Pilot, serving as a weapons and tactics instructor, and logging over three thousand seven hundred hours flying time in thirty-five different types of aircraft and three hundred fifty carrier landings; and
Whereas, Commander Culbertson became a NASA Astronaut in June 1985 and qualified for assignments as a pilot on future space shuttle flight cruises; and
Whereas, he has served as a launch support team member for four shuttle flights; and
Whereas, following the tragic loss of the space shuttle Challenger he assisted with investigations conducted by NASA, presidential commissions, and the Congress; and
Whereas, Commander Culbertson was a pilot on the crew for the STS-38 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis which was launched on July 14, 1990; and
Whereas, in order to recognize Commander Culbertson's many accomplishments and contributions to the field of space aviation, the members of the General Assembly believe it would be fitting to name a section of South Carolina's highway system after Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly request the Department of Transportation to name the interchange at Interstate Highway 95 and Interstate Highway 26 in Orangeburg County as the Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. Interchange and that the Department of Transportation is instructed to erect the appropriate markers.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Commander Culbertson.