South Carolina General Assembly
110th Session, 1993-1994

Bill 5183


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    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



History


Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
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5183  House   19940503      Introduced, referred to              24
                            Committee

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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.

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