[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6423]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 449--COMMENDING THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF 
  MAX FALKENSTIEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS AND THE STATE OF KANSAS

  Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 449

       Whereas Max Falkenstien has served as a broadcaster for the 
     basketball and football programs at The University of Kansas 
     for 60 consecutive years, and will retire after the 2005-2006 
     men's basketball season;
       Whereas Mr. Falkenstien broadcasted his first men's 
     basketball and football games for the Kansas Jayhawks in 
     1946, after serving 35 months in the Army Air Corps;
       Whereas Mr. Falkenstien has received honors from--
       (1) the College Football Hall of Fame, which awarded him 
     the Chris Schenkel Award for Broadcasting Excellence;
       (2) the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which 
     named him the winner of the 15th Annual Curt Gowdy Electronic 
     Media Award;
       (3) the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, which awarded 
     him the Distinguished Service Award;
       (4) Baker University, which presented him with the Lifetime 
     Achievement Award; and
       (5) The University of Kansas Alumni Association, which 
     awarded him the Ellsworth Medallion;
       Whereas Mr. Falkenstien is a member of--
       (1) the Kansas Broadcasters Hall of Fame; and
       (2) the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame;
       Whereas Mr. Falkenstien was the first--
       (1) inductee into the Lawrence High School Hall of Honor; 
     and
       (2) media member of The University of Kansas Athletic Hall 
     of Fame; and
       Whereas the State of Kansas has been privileged to have the 
     benefit of 60 years of dedicated service provided by Max 
     Falkenstien to The University of Kansas: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends the extraordinary contributions of Max 
     Falkenstien to The University of Kansas and the State of 
     Kansas;
       (2) congratulates him for 60 years of outstanding service;
       (3) offers the best wishes of the Senate for his future 
     endeavors; and
       (4) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to 
     transmit a copy of this resolution to Max Falkenstien.

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