2005 Assembly Joint Resolution 57
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to: proclaiming that October 5, in perpetuity, be recognized and celebrated as Robin L. Ahrens Day.
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens is a native daughter of the state of Wisconsin; and
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens was a 1970 graduate of Hudson High School; and
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens was a 1974 graduate of Utah State University with a bachelor of fine arts degree in education and also received a media specialist degree from James Madison University in Virginia in 1983; and
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens went on to dedicate herself to public service after graduation by becoming a school teacher and eventually going into law enforcement as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens entered service as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation on October 14, 1984, and was later assigned to the Phoenix field office; and
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens served until October 5, 1985, when her life was cut tragically short while in the line of duty as she and fellow agents apprehended a suspect; and
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens was the first female Special Agent to be killed in the line of duty since the Federal Bureau of Investigation began accepting female agents in 1972; and
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens is memorialized in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Hall of Honor; and
Whereas, the Robin L. Ahrens FBI Building in Phoenix was dedicated in May 1986 in memory of her sacrifice; and
Whereas, Robin L. Ahrens' classmates from Hudson High School — Class of 1970 and the distinguished teachers from Hudson High School will be honoring the 20th anniversary of her sacrifice by awarding her with the Hudson High School Distinguished Alumni Award and by establishing the "Robin L. Ahrens Memorial Scholarship Fund" at the Hudson High School Distinguished Alumni Award presentation and dinner on September 28, 2005; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature proclaim that October 5, in perpetuity, be recognized and celebrated as Robin L. Ahrens Day in memory of Robin's sacrifice for her fellow citizens and in recognition of her being the first female Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to lose her life in the line of duty.
