HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6010

A  Resolution congratulating and commending Major General James F. Rueger.

 WHEREAS,  Major General James F. Rueger, who served as the Ad-
jutant General of the State of Kansas until February 10, is retiring March
1; and

      WHEREAS,  As Adjutant General, General Rueger headed the Kansas
Army and Air National Guard and the Division of Emergency Manage-
ment. General Rueger has served in the National Guard for 42 years, and
his over eight years' service as Adjutant General is exceeded by only two
other Adjutant Generals. He has the distinction of being the Adjutant
General under three governors, Mike Hayden, Joan Finney and Bill
Graves; and

      WHEREAS,  General Rueger was elected in December as chairman
of the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee, made up of five generals
each from the National Guard, Army Reserve and active Army. He also
is a member of the Total Army Analysis Study Group within the policy
committee; and

      WHEREAS,  General Rueger plans to live with his wife, Kathie, at
their Beattie farm home. Currently Mrs. Rueger teaches music in the
Beattie schools. The Ruegers have two children, John, of Olathe, a captain
in the 2nd/130th Field Artillery Battalion, and Jennifer Downard, of To-
peka, and one grandchild: Now, therefore,

      Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kan-
sas: That we congratulate and commend Major General James F. Rue-
ger upon his retirement as the Adjutant General for the State of Kansas
and upon completion of 42 years service to the National Guard.

House Resolution No. 6010 was sponsored by Representatives Sharon
Schwartz and Bruce F. Larkin

I hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the HOUSE,
and was adopted by that body

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Speaker of the House

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Chief Clerk of the House