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S. 673

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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Jackson
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Introduced in the Senate on April 29, 2003
Introduced in the House on April 30, 2003
Adopted by the General Assembly on April 30, 2003

Summary: Senator Isadore E. Lourie

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/29/2003  Senate  Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-35
   4/30/2003  House   Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-11

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/29/2003

JOINING THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN EXPRESSING THEIR GREAT SADNESS UPON THE DEATH OF FORMER STATE SENATOR ISADORE E. LOURIE AND MEMORIALIZING HIS GOOD WORKS AND HIS GOOD HEART.

Whereas, the death of seventy-year-old Isadore E. Lourie on April 24, 2003, sparked a spontaneous statewide moment of warm personal remembrances; and

Whereas, this loving husband of Susan and father to Lance, Joel, and Neal was also the caretaker of the citizens of this State and the conscience of its government; and

Whereas, it was not merely a gift he had for making everyone he touched feel special -- it was his heartfelt belief that everyone is special. Very simply, he loved the people of Richland County and South Carolina, and they loved him; and

Whereas, in 1964, he began his service to the State he cherished as an elected member of the House of Representatives and accumulated almost thirty years before giving up his seat as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and Majority Leader of the Senate at the height of his political success and power; and

Whereas, he used the respect and admiration he earned during that time to promote governmental ethics, reapportionment, school integration, home rule, education, and seat belt safety; and

Whereas, in the end he honored his beloved State and its traditions of idealism and sacrifice by stepping down from his Senate seat in 1992 to actively encourage and support the election of a black senator from his Richland County district; and

Whereas, that unselfish act by Isadore Lourie was symbolic of his life-long conviction that all South Carolinians are entitled to participate in their own destinies; and

Whereas, this son of Russian and Polish immigrants, who was elected student body president at the University of South Carolina and practiced law in a law firm that bears his family name, was also a faithful member of Beth Shalom Synagogue and the Columbia Jewish Community Center; and

Whereas, it is no exaggeration to reflect that Isadore E. Lourie lived out the American Dream; and

Whereas, the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina is proud to recognize Isadore "Izzy" Lourie as one of its own and to honor his lasting legacy to this State: that, because of his crusading compassion and sense of justice, many more of South Carolina's sons and daughters are now a part of his American Dream. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the General Assembly hereby join the citizens of South Carolina in expressing their great sadness upon the death of former State Senator Isadore E. Lourie and memorialize his good works and his good heart.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of the late Senator Isadore E. Lourie.

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