[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S718-S719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 23--CONGRATULATING MICHAEL JORDAN ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT 
 OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CHICAGO BULLS AND THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL 
                              ASSOCIATION

  Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Fitzgerald) submitted the following 
resolution:

                               S. Res. 23

       Whereas Michael Jeffrey Jordan has announced his retirement 
     from basketball after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bulls;
       Whereas Michael Jordan helped make the long, hard winters 
     bearable for millions of Chicagoans by leading the Chicago 
     Bulls to 6 National Basketball Association Championships 
     during the past 8 years, earning 5 NBA Most Valuable Player 
     awards, and winning 10 NBA scoring titles;
       Whereas Michael Jordan and his Olympic teammates thrilled 
     basketball fans around the world by winning gold medals at 
     the 1984 and 1992 Olympic Games;
       Whereas Michael Jordan has demonstrated an unsurpassed 
     level of professionalism during his athletic career and has 
     served as a role model to millions of American children by 
     demonstrating the qualities that mark a true champion: hard 
     work, grace, determination, and commitment to excellence;
       Whereas Michael Jordan taught us to have the courage to 
     follow our dreams by striving to play baseball for the 
     Chicago White Sox;
       Whereas Michael Jordan demonstrated the importance of 
     pursuing an education by earning a bachelor of arts degree 
     from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
       Whereas Michael Jordan continues to contribute to our 
     communities through his support for the James R. Jordan Boys 
     & Girls Club and Family Life Center in Chicago, the Jordan 
     Institute for Families at his alma mater, and the Ronald 
     McDonald Houses of Greenville, Chapel Hill, Durham, and 
     Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for families of seriously ill 
     children who are being treated at nearby hospitals; and
       Whereas Michael Jordan will take on new challenges in his 
     life with the same passion and determination that made him 
     the greatest basketball player ever to have lived: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--

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       (1) congratulates Michael Jordan on his retirement from the 
     Chicago Bulls and professional basketball; and
       (2) expresses its wishes that Michael Jordan enjoy his life 
     after basketball with his wife, Juanita, and their 3 
     children, Jeffrey, Marcus, and Jasmine.

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