73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 Regular Session
 
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 LC 2538
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                   Senate Joint Resolution 24
                  Ordered by the Senate July 6
            Including Senate Amendments dated July 6
 
Sponsored by Senators B STARR, METSGER; Senators ATKINSON, BEYER,
  DEVLIN, GEORGE, MORSE, NELSON, C STARR
 
 
                             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.
 
  Directs Port of Portland to   { - rename - }   { + name
terminal at + } Portland International Airport   { -  ' Victor G.
Atiyeh Portland International Airport.' - }  { +  after Victor G.
Atiyeh. Expresses resolve to rename Oregon Department of Human
Services headquarters building Barbara Roberts Human Services
Building. + }
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  Whereas both Victor G. Atiyeh and Barbara Roberts have set
precedents when elected to serve as the Governor of Oregon; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh is a native Oregonian, a lifelong
Washington County resident, the husband of Dolores and the father
of two children; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh honorably served in the Oregon
Legislative Assembly both in the House of Representatives and the
Senate; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh, in his long-term service to the Boy
Scouts of America, holds the highest council and regional adult
leadership awards; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh won a decisive victory, attracting 55
percent of the vote in the Oregon Governor's race in 1978; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh was the first elected governor of Arab
descent in the United States; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh cut his own salary three times to help
balance the budget; and
  Whereas during Victor G. Atiyeh's first term of office, he
improved state management productivity and reformed workers'
compensation and welfare; and
  Whereas during Victor G. Atiyeh's first term, major new
programs in energy and economic development were created; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh won his second term by attracting 61.6
percent of the vote, the largest gubernatorial margin in 32
years; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh won legislative repeal of Oregon's
unitary-tax formula; and
 
 
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh launched a worldwide tourism
initiative and opened Oregon's first overseas trade office in
Tokyo; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh reinstated a state employee suggestion
program that saves Oregon taxpayers hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh was described as the 'most accessible
Governor' by Oregon department managers; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh was instrumental in establishing
Oregon Food Share, the nation's first statewide food bank; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh served as chairman of the Western
Governors' Conference and as vice chairman of the National
Governors' Association Committees on International Trade, Foreign
Relations, Criminal Justice and Public Protection; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh received the 'Oregon Statesman Award'
from the Oregon Business Association and received the '
Distinguished Service to Oregon' award from the University of
Oregon's Department of Planning Public Policy and Management; and
  Whereas Victor G. Atiyeh serves as chairman of the Oregon
Aviation Hall of Honor; and
  Whereas Barbara Roberts, a fourth-generation Oregonian, was
born in Corvallis on December 21, 1936; and
  Whereas Barbara Roberts began her lifelong career as a public
servant in 1969 as an unpaid lobbyist advocating for children
with disabilities; and
  Whereas Barbara Roberts served on the Parkrose School Board,
the Mt. Hood Community College Board and the Multnomah County
Commission before being elected to the Oregon House of
Representatives in 1980; and
  Whereas in her second term serving in the Oregon House of
Representatives, Barbara Roberts became the first woman to serve
as House majority leader; and
  Whereas Barbara Roberts was elected Secretary of State in 1984,
and reelected in 1988; and
  Whereas during her term as Secretary of State, Barbara Roberts
achieved election reform legislation, construction of a new
Archives building and broader audit powers for the Secretary of
State; and
  Whereas Barbara Roberts was the first woman to be elected
Governor of Oregon and was inaugurated on January 14, 1991; and
  Whereas during her term as Governor, Barbara Roberts was
recognized as a strong advocate for public education, human
rights and services; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That the Port of Portland is directed to name a terminal at the
Portland International Airport after Victor G. Atiyeh; and be it
further
  Resolved, That the Oregon Department of Human Services
building, headquarters for the department, be renamed the Barbara
Roberts Human Services Building.
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