Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 759 - Sutherland, Robert Matthew; commend

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HR 759                                             LC 24 0252






                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Commending Robert Matthew Sutherland; and for other
  1- 2  purposes.

  1- 3  WHEREAS, Robert Matthew Sutherland, a senior at the
  1- 4  University of Georgia, recently received the great honor of
  1- 5  being selected as an American Rhodes scholar; and

  1- 6  WHEREAS, Robert will receive his bachelor's degree in
  1- 7  biology and his master's degree in conservation ecology in
  1- 8  the summer of 1996; and

  1- 9  WHEREAS, only 32 Americans are chosen each year as Rhodes
  1-10  scholars, with four selected from the Southeast, to study
  1-11  any subject they wish at prestigious Oxford University in
  1-12  Oxford, England; and

  1-13  WHEREAS, Robert is the University of Georgia's first Rhodes
  1-14  scholar in more than 20  years, and while the students and
  1-15  faculty are thrilled to bask in his reflected glory, they
  1-16  will be sorry to see such a brilliant and well-liked student
  1-17  leave the campus; and

  1-18  WHEREAS, Robert's star was rising long before he arrived on
  1-19  the college campus; he was valedictorian at North Springs
  1-20  High School in 1992, a National Merit Scholar, and he had
  1-21  received the Georgia Certificate of Merit, the Spartan
  1-22  Participation Award, and numerous other awards in high
  1-23  school; and

  1-24  WHEREAS, in high school, Robert won numerous science and
  1-25  classics prizes, belonged to many honor societies, performed
  1-26  in several bands and orchestras, worked as layout editor for
  1-27  the North Springs Literary Magazine, volunteered for the
  1-28  Special Olympics, played ALTA tennis and was a member of the
  1-29  track and cross country teams, presided over the Latin Club,
  1-30  and spent summers studying at Duke University, Northwestern
  1-31  University, and in the Governor's Honors Program; and

  1-32  WHEREAS, Robert attended UGA on a Foundation Fellowship, was
  1-33  a Renaissance Scholar and a member of the UGA Honors
  1-34  program, and received a Barry M. Goldwater scholarship, as
  1-35  well as many other grants; and



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  2- 1  WHEREAS, despite such enormous academic achievement, Robert
  2- 2  currently finds the time for playing the trombone and cello,
  2- 3  mountain biking, and backpacking in exotic locales; and

  2- 4  WHEREAS, even in the summers of college, Robert did not slow
  2- 5  down but rather took courses at the Sierra Institute,
  2- 6  studied German in Erlangen, Germany, and researched the
  2- 7  health of coral reefs in the Florida Keys among other
  2- 8  active, academic pursuits.

  2- 9  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
  2-10  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend and
  2-11  congratulate Robert Matthew Sutherland on his amazing
  2-12  achievements and wish him every good fortune during his
  2-13  course of study at Oxford University.

  2-14  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of
  2-15  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an
  2-16  appropriate copy of this resolution to Robert Matthew
  2-17  Sutherland.






























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