Bill 1229

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    1229
Type of Legislation:            Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19980505
Primary Sponsor:                Martin
All Sponsors:                   Martin, Alexander, Anderson,
                                Branton, Bryan, Cork, Courson,
                                Courtney, Drummond, Elliott, Fair,
                                Ford, Giese, Glover, Gregory, Grooms,
                                Hayes, Holland, Hutto, Jackson, Land,
                                Lander, Leatherman, Leventis, Matthews,
                                McConnell, McGill, Mescher, Moore,
                                O'Dell, Passailaigue, Patterson,
                                Peeler, Rankin, Ravenel, Reese,
                                Russell, Ryberg, Saleeby, Setzler,
                                Short, J. Verne Smith, Thomas, Waldrep,
                                Washington and Wilson 
Drafted Document Number:        res1687.lam
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19980507
Subject:                        The Honorable Earle E. Morris,
                                Jr.; Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
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Senate  19980507  Received from House
House   19980507  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
Senate  19980505  Introduced, adopted, sent to House

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

COMMENDING THE HONORABLE EARLE E. MORRIS, JR., A NATIVE SON OF PICKENS COUNTY, FOR FOUR DECADES OF OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MEMBER OF THE SENATE, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL, AND EXTENDING HIM BEST WISHES UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT.

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly have learned that the Honorable Earle E. Morris will retire at the end of his present term as Comptroller General after four decades of public service to the State of South Carolina; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris is a graduate of Pickens High School and a 1949 graduate of Clemson University; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris will be remembered as one of the great public servants of the present century who paved the way and prepared this State for the move into our next century; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was first elected to public office as a member of the House of Representatives in 1950 at the age of 21 where he served until 1954; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was elected to the South Carolina Senate in 1954 and served until 1970; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1970 and served until 1975; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was elected Comptroller General by the General Assembly on June 16, 1976, to fill the unexpired term of J. Henry Mills; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was elected by the people of South Carolina as Comptroller General on November 7, 1978, and was re-elected to four consecutive terms and served a total of twenty years as Comptroller General; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris is a Retired Commander, Major General, South Carolina State Guard and the past President of the South Carolina National Guard Association; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was a Delegate for the Southern Democratic Convention for thirty-six years (1950-86) and attended the National Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1952 and as a Delegate in 1956 and 1968; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris was prestigiously named Who's Who in the South, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Government and Who's Who in the World; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris received honorary degrees for his distinguished public service from the University of South Carolina, the Medical University of South Carolina, Lander University, Clemson University, The Citadel, Francis Marion University, Central Wesleyan College, South Carolina State University, University of Charleston and Winthrop University; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris is past President of the National Association of State Comptrollers, past Chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council, past President of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers and is Chairman of Carolina Investors, Inc., and a member of the Board of Visitors for Charleston Southern University; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris received the 1997 Living Legend Award by the South Carolina Historical Society, the 1995 Frank Greathouse Distinguished Leadership Award by the National Association of Government Accountants, the Highest Effort Award for Government by Sigma Alpha Epsilon National Fraternity and was named 1993 Nation's Most Valuable Public Official by City and State Magazine and other awards and affiliations too numerous to mention by this resolution; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris is a true and selfless public servant who has always put the people of South Carolina first when planning and conducting business as a dedicated leader of this great State; and

Whereas, the Honorable Earle E. Morris will be sorely missed by the members of the General Assembly and the citizens of South Carolina who know him as a great leader. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, commend the Honorable Earle E. Morris, Jr., for four decades of outstanding leadership and public service to the State of South Carolina and extend him best wishes upon the occasion of his retirement.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Honorable Earle E. Morris, Jr.