SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1828                   A Resolution in memory of Garner Shriver.                       WHEREAS, Garner Shriver, of Wichita, died March 1, 1998, at age
                  85; and

                      WHEREAS, Garner Shriver, a Republican, dutifully and with integrity
                  gave 28 years of his life to public service for the state of Kansas, having
                  served four years in the Kansas House of Representatives and eight years
                  in the Kansas Senate before being elected, in 1960, to the U.S. House of
                  Representatives for the 4th District of Kansas, a class of freshman con-
                  gressmen that included Bob Dole and was described by President John
                  F. Kennedy as ``a new generation of Americans.'' He served Kansas and
                  his district honorably in Congress for sixteen years; and

                      WHEREAS, Garner Shriver was known as a thoughtful and dignified
                  legislator, having been described by his successor as a congenial and non-
                  polarizing influence in Congress. Although a member of the minority
                  party, he was appointed to the subcommittee that drafted the landmark
                  legislation which eventually culminated in the Civil Rights Act signed into
                  law in 1964. He was a tireless campaigner for veterans' rights and intro-
                  duced the bill that gave Vietnam veterans the same educational benefits
                  as veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. He was very proud
                  of the fact that as a Republican he was liked and trusted enough to be
                  elected by a Democratic constituency for eight consecutive terms; and

                      WHEREAS, Garner Shriver was born in Towanda and moved to
                  Wichita at an early age. He worked his way through Wichita University
                  and Washburn University law school earning degrees at both schools. He
                  joined the U.S. Navy as an enlisted sailor at the outset of World War II
                  and later received a commission to lieutenant senior grade, before ending
                  the war as a boat group commander in the Pacific theater; and

                      WHEREAS, Garner Shriver is survived by his wife of 56 years, Martha
                  Jane Currier Shriver, a son, David Shriver, and two daughters, Kay Kwon
                  and Linda Ann Breeding: Now, therefore,

                      Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we extend
                  our deepest sympathy to the family of Garner Shriver; and

                      Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
                  to provide four enrolled copies of this resolution to Mrs. Garner Shriver,
                  15205 Timber Lakes Circle, Wichita, Kansas 67230.

                  Senate Resolution No. 1828 was sponsored by Senators Ranson, Barone,
                  Becker, Biggs, Bleeker, Bond, Brownlee, Clark, Corbin, Donovan, Dow-
                  ney, Emert, Feleciano, Gilstrap, Gooch, Goodwin, Hardenburger, Har-
                  rington, Hensley, Huelskamp, Jones, Jordan, Karr, Kerr, Langworthy,
                  Lawrence, Lee, Morris, Oleen, Petty, Praeger, Pugh, Salisbury, Salmans,
                  Schraad, Steffes, Steineger, Tyson, Umbarger and Vidricksen.

                  I hereby certify that the above Resolution originated in the Senate,
                  and was adopted by that body

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President of the Senate.

                 

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Secretary of the Senate.