2001 Senate Joint Resolution 18
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to: the life and public service of George A. Mayer.
Whereas, George A. Mayer was born on January 10, 1917, in Milwaukee County, and died on December 15, 2000, in Chenequa, Wisconsin; and
Whereas, Mr. Mayer was educated at the Milwaukee County Day School (now University School), and graduated from Yale University in 1938 and from Harvard University Law School in 1941; and
Whereas, after commencing his law practice in Milwaukee, Mr. Mayer joined the U.S. Army in 1942 where he served with counterintelligence on the atom bomb project until 1946; and
Whereas, Mr. Mayer was elected to the Wisconsin senate in 1948 and served there during the 1949 and 1951 sessions; and
Whereas, during his tenure in the senate, Mr. Mayer served on the Committee of Labor and Management, Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems; and
Whereas, upon leaving the legislature, Mr. Mayer resumed his law practice and employment as a stockbroker; and
Whereas, after he retired from the firm of Paine, Webber, Jackson and Curtis, Mr. Mayer became chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Schwaab, Incorporated, the stamp and seal company that his maternal family started more than 100 years ago; and
Whereas, Mr. Mayer served on the Milwaukee County Expressway Commission, and was elected to the Chenequa Village Board of Trustees in 1978; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly senate senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature commend the devoted public service that George A. Mayer contributed to this state and his community, express their sorrow at his death, and extend their condolences to his family and friends; and, be it further
Resolved, That the senate chief clerk shall provide copies of this joint resolution to Mr. Mayer's wife, Lorna; to his 2 daughters, Catherine of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Margaret of Walnut Creek, California; to his 2 sons, George of Essex, Connecticut, and Andrew of Washington, D.C.; and to his brother, Richard S. Mayer of Athens, Ohio.
