AJR51: Joint Resolution Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly JOINT RESOLUTION 51

June 29, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Baldwin, Hanson, Hahn, Silbaugh, Turner, Ainsworth, Brancel, Ryba, Dobyns, Riley, R. Potter, Ladwig, Baldus, Zukowski, Seratti, Boyle, Lorge, Wirch and R. Young, cosponsored by Senators Risser, Wineke, Moen, Rude, Weeden, Andrea, Darling and Schultz.

AJR51,1,1 Relating to: the life and public service of Floyd Wheeler.

AJR51,1,3 Whereas, Floyd E. Wheeler was born on March 18, 1905, in Beloit and died on February 9, 1995, in Madison; and

AJR51,1,6 Whereas, Mr. Wheeler was educated in the Beloit Public Schools and at Beloit College, earned an LL.B. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and did further study in the law at Harvard University; and

AJR51,1,11 Whereas, he was an assistant physical director at the Beloit YMCA, taught at Evansville High School, served as an assistant to the junior dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, served as a justice of the peace and practiced law, being one of the founders of the Wheeler, Van Sickle and Anderson law firm; and

AJR51,1,13 Whereas, from 1932 to 1948 Mr. Wheeler was the administrator of the Wisconsin Regional Office of Price Administration; and

AJR51,1,15 Whereas, Mr. Wheeler was elected to the assembly in 1952, serving the city of Madison; and

AJR51,2,3 Whereas, he and other members of his firm were instrumental in founding rural electric cooperatives in this state, and he helped found neighborhood associations in Westmoreland and Sunset Village in Madison; now, therefore, be it

AJR51,2,7 Resolved by the assembly, the Senate concurring, That the members of the legislature of the state of Wisconsin recognize Floyd Wheeler's many years of public service, express their sorrow at his death and extend their condolences to his family and friends; and, be it further

AJR51,2,10 Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide copies of this joint resolution to Mr. Wheeler's wife, Wilma, and to his children; Jan Wheeler, Ellen Sewell, Lucinda Mack and Kalia Van der Meer.

AJR51,2,11 (End)