[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 99 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 99

 To express the sorrow of the Senate upon the death of George Speaker 
   Mickelson, Governor of the State of South Dakota, and other South 
                            Dakota leaders.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 20 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

  Mr. Pressler (for himself and Mr. Daschle) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To express the sorrow of the Senate upon the death of George Speaker 
   Mickelson, Governor of the State of South Dakota, and other South 
                            Dakota leaders.

Whereas Governor Mickelson had a long and distinguished career, having been born 
        in Mobridge, South Dakota in 1941, earning a law degree from the 
        University of South Dakota in 1965 and serving a tour of duty with the 
        United States Army in Vietnam;
Whereas he was first elected to the South Dakota State House of Representatives 
        in 1974, where he served six years and served as House Speaker in 1979-
        80;
Whereas he was elected Governor of South Dakota in 1986 and was reelected in 
        1990, during which time he was dedicated to numerous initiatives, 
        including economic development, education and health care, and served as 
        cochairman of a National Governors' Association task force on health 
        care and as chairman of the Western Governors' Association; and
Whereas Governor Mickelson and South Dakota State business leaders Roland Dolly, 
        Ron Reed, Angus Anson, Dave Birkeland, Roger Hainje, and pilots Ron 
        Becker and David Hansen were killed in a plane crash while returning to 
        South Dakota from a meeting to help advance economic development in the 
        State: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sorrow and profound 
regret of the death of Governor Mickelson and expresses its sympathy to 
his wife, Linda, his daughter, Amy, and his sons, Mark and David; and 
be it further
    Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sorrow and profound 
regret of the deaths of Roland Dolly, Ron Reed, Angus Anson, Dave 
Birkeland, Roger Hainje, Ron Becker, and David Hansen and expresses its 
sympathy to the families of these leading South Dakotans.

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