Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:5183 Primary Sponsor:Cobb-Hunter Committee Number:24 Type of Legislation:CR Subject:Frank L. Culbertson Jr. Interchange Residing Body:House Current Committee:Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Computer Document Number:BBM/9210JM.94 Introduced Date:19940503 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940503 Last History Type:Introduced, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Cobb-Hunter Stoddard Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 5183 House 19940503 Introduced, referred to 24 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THE INTERCHANGE AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 95 AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 26 IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY AS THE "FRANK L. CULBERTSON, JR. INTERCHANGE" AND TO ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS.
Whereas, Commander Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Culbertson, Sr., is a United States Navy astronaut; and
Whereas, he was born in Charleston but considers Holly Hill his home; and
Whereas, Commander Culbertson graduated from Holly Hill High School in 1967 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1971; and
Whereas, he has been recognized for his outstanding service by receiving Navy and Air Force commendation medals and several meritorious unit medals; and
Whereas, Commander Culbertson served six months in the Gulf of Tonkin and aboard the USS Fox; and
Whereas, his military experience is superior, having received training as an S-4 Phantom Pilot, having served as a weapons and tactics instructor, and having logged over three thousand seven hundred hours of flying time in thirty-five different types of aircraft and three hundred fifty carrier landings; and
Whereas, Commander Culbertson became a NASA astronaut in June, 1985, and qualified for assignments as a pilot on future space shuttle flight cruises; and
Whereas, he has served as a launch support team member for four shuttle flights; and
Whereas, following the tragic loss of the space shuttle Challenger, he assisted with investigations conducted by NASA, presidential commissions, and the Congress; and
Whereas, Commander Culbertson was a pilot on the crew for the STS-38 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis which was launched on July 14, 1990; and
Whereas, in order to recognize Commander Culbertson's many accomplishments and contributions to the field of space aviation, the members of the General Assembly believe it would be fitting to name a section of South Carolina's highway system after Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly request the Department of Highways and Public Transportation to name the interchange at Interstate Highway 95 and Interstate Highway 26 in Orangeburg County as the "Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. Interchange" and to erect the appropriate markers.
Be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Commander Culbertson and to the Department of Highways and Public Transportation.