Senate Concurrent Resolution 20 Oregon Laws 2010 Special Sesion

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan passed away on August 30, 2009; and

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan arrived in Gresham with his parents during the Great Depression and lived in Gresham nearly all of his life; and

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan served as a radioman in the Navy during World War II, flying with a torpedo squadron hunting German submarines over the North Atlantic; and

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan began his career as public servant by serving on the Gresham City Council; and

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1960, serving on the Ways and Means Committee and ultimately becoming chairman; and

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan, as a member of the House of Representatives, introduced the seat belt law in 1963 and procured the original funding to build Mt. Hood Community College, for which he was named the school’s first “Patron Saint”; and

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan was elected to the Oregon Senate in 1966; and

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan left the Senate in 1969 to become administrator of the employment division for the State of Oregon and was elected national president of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies; and

          Whereas Ross H. Morgan later became an administrative law judge and state chairman of the Employment Appeals Board; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:

          That we, the members of the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly, in special legislative session assembled, express our gratitude for Ross H. Morgan’s service and contributions to this state; and be it further

          Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be presented to the children of Ross H. Morgan as an expression of our condolences.

Filed in the Office of Secretary of State February 25, 2010

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