72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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 LC 3346
 
                  House Concurrent Resolution 3
 
Sponsored by Representative GILMAN; Representatives ANDERSON,
  BATES, MILLER, RICHARDSON, Senator HANNON (at the request of
  Jim Wright)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Honors former state Representative Benjamin (Kip) Lombard Jr.
for service to state and its people.
 
                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas Benjamin (Kip) Lombard Jr. served the people of Oregon
as state Representative from Jackson and Klamath Counties from
1977 to 1985; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard, descendant of Thomas H. Tongue, who
represented Oregon's First Congressional District from 1897 to
1903, was raised in Oregon, graduated from Oregon public schools,
graduated with honors as a member of the first class of the
University of Oregon Honors College, is an avid University of
Oregon Ducks fan and served on the Jackson County Education
Service District and Southern Oregon University's Regional
Advisory Board, all of which has made him a strong advocate for
Oregon's educational systems; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard served his entire legislative career as a
member of the minority party and as a member of the House
Judiciary Committee and as such maintained an exemplary and
cordial relationship with members on both sides of the aisle,
maintaining that governance of the state is above partisan
politics and the art of compromise is also the art of
statesmanship; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard has shown what it is to be a true
politician and statesman, unselfish and skilled in the art of
governance; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard, while taking little credit for
legislation, was instrumental in the passage of much important
legislation, including the bill linking alcohol and drug
conviction to suspension of teenage driving privileges, Oregon's
Vote by Mail law, sentence reform and funding for the Southern
Oregon University Stolp Theater Building; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard, at the behest of Governor Atiyeh, served
on the Western States Water Council and, while in the
legislature, served on the Council of State Governments Western
Region as chair of its Water Committee; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard, when he chose to retire from the
legislature in order to raise his family and practice law in
Ashland, became one of Oregon's foremost authorities in water law
and continued to represent Oregon agricultural water users before
the legislature until 1999; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard, a member of the American Bar Association,
the Oregon State Bar Association and the Jackson County Bar
Association, worked to faithfully and conscientiously represent
his clients as a recognized expert in estate law; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard, an Eagle Scout and father of three Eagle
Scouts, has served as a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America
and as a troop leader; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard served as a volunteer on the Board of
Directors for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association, the
Kiwanis, the Oregon Water Trust, the Ashland Chamber of Commerce
and the Boy Scouts of America Executive Board; and
  Whereas Kip Lombard, known for his endeavors in social
responsibility and his compassion for all peoples and recognized
by the Ashland Chamber of Commerce as Ashland's Citizen of the
Year in 1984, has consistently been an exemplary and faithful
role model to the youth of Oregon, the residents of Oregon and
the governing bodies of Oregon; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the Seventy-second Legislative
Assembly, honor and commend Benjamin (Kip) Lombard Jr. for the
work he has performed in service to his state; and be it further
  Resolved, That we recognize the measure of the man through his
honest, hard work, sense of fairness and his generous help for
others without concern of recognition or recompense; and be it
further
  Resolved, That copies of this resolution be presented to
Benjamin (Kip) Lombard Jr., his wife, Bernadette, his children,
Christopher, Ian and Russell, and his grandson, Samuel Benjamin,
as an expression of the esteem in which we hold him and his
contributions to the people of Oregon.
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