Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 346 - Hepburn, Dr. Mary A.; commend

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HR 346                                            LC 16 4118






                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Commending Dr. Mary A. Hepburn; and for other purposes.

  1- 2  WHEREAS, Dr. Mary A. Hepburn of the Carl Vinson Institute of
  1- 3  Government has been named as the 1995 Walter Barnard Hill
  1- 4  Distinguished Public Service Fellow at the University of
  1- 5  Georgia; and

  1- 6  WHEREAS, the Walter Barnard Hill Awards for Distinguished
  1- 7  Achievement in Public Service, initiated in 1992, were named
  1- 8  for Chancellor Walter B. Hill, who led the University of
  1- 9  Georgia from 1899 to 1905 and who was largely responsible
  1-10  for leading the University's expansion of its public service
  1-11  mission, and are awarded to recognize distinguished
  1-12  achievement in public service by faculty members and service
  1-13  professionals; and

  1-14  WHEREAS, throughout her 25 years at the Carl Vinson
  1-15  Institute of Government, Dr. Hepburn has striven to expand
  1-16  and strengthen the Citizen Education Division that she now
  1-17  heads, and her efforts have produced internationally
  1-18  recognized results, including a teacher exchange program
  1-19  which allows teachers from the United States and Germany to
  1-20  examine and compare their democratic federal systems,   "The
  1-21  News Media, Public Affairs Education, and the Strengthening
  1-22  of Democracy" program which she created for educators and
  1-23  journalists from Argentina and Brazil, and in April, 1994,
  1-24  Dr. Hepburn was one of only three American educators invited
  1-25  to testify before the UNESCO Education Committee for the
  1-26  21st Century; and

  1-27  WHEREAS, in her efforts to further citizen education about
  1-28  government, Dr. Hepburn works closely with school teachers
  1-29  and school districts to encourage them to learn about their
  1-30  local communities from local government officials, her book,
  1-31  Local Government in Georgia, is recognized as a vital
  1-32  resource in this effort, and she has recently initiated a
  1-33  column on teaching about local government in the quarterly
  1-34  newsletter of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government; and

  1-35  WHEREAS, Dr. Hepburn's expertise in citizen education is
  1-36  widely known and she has served as consultant to numerous
  1-37  organizations in the United States, including the American


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  2- 1  Bar Association's Youth Education Committee, the Service
  2- 2  Learning Project of the Constitutional Rights Foundation,
  2- 3  and C-SPAN Television; and

  2- 4  WHEREAS, in addition to her outstanding professional career,
  2- 5  Dr. Hepburn is married to Dr. Lawrence R. Hepburn, is the
  2- 6  mother of Valerie Hepburn Chambless, and is the
  2- 7  mother-in-law of the esteemed member of the House of
  2- 8  Representatives from the 163rd District, Tommy Chambless.

  2- 9  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
  2-10  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body do recognize
  2-11  and commend Dr. Mary A. Hepburn on being named the 1995
  2-12  Walter Barnard Hill Distinguished Public Service Fellow.

  2-13  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of
  2-14  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an
  2-15  appropriate copy of this resolution to Dr. Mary A. Hepburn.
































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