Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 16–Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen  Dini, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

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Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing attorney and businessman
Virgil Henry Wedge.

 

   Whereas, The people of the State of Nevada lost a prestigious

 attorney, visionary businessman and civic leader with the passing of Virgil

 Henry Wedge on March 4, 2000; and

   Whereas, Virgil Wedge was born in the mining town of Pioche,

 Nevada, on June 24, 1912, to John H. Wedge and Emma Richard Wedge

 and spent his early years on the family ranch in Pahranagat Valley; and

   Whereas, After graduation from Lincoln County High School, Virgil

 Wedge worked in his father’s general store where he learned the trade that

 he would use to put himself through Brigham Young University where he

 was elected student body president in his senior year and from which he

 graduated in 1936; and

   Whereas, Virgil Wedge returned to Nevada where, as a day laborer

 working on the construction of the Supreme Court Building in Carson

 City, he met Senator Patrick McCarran who took an instant liking to

 Virgil, invited him to join his Washington staff and helped him enter

 George Washington University Law School; and

   Whereas, Following his graduation from the University in 1940, Virgil

 Wedge returned to Nevada and created the law firm of McCarran &

 Wedge with the Senator, and, that same year, met Suki Hekking whom he

 married 2 years later; and

   Whereas, During World War II, Virgil Wedge served with the FBI and

 upon returning to Nevada in 1946, he resumed his career as an attorney

 and held the office of Reno City Attorney from 1947 to 1951; and

   Whereas, As a member of the law firm presently known as Woodburn

 and Wedge, whose origin stretches back to 1917 and from which he retired

 as Senior Partner, Virgil Wedge’s clients included prosperous

 corporations, prominent individuals and colorful characters in Nevada’s

 history; and

   Whereas, The seemingly limitless energy and dedication of Virgil

 Wedge urged him into numerous leadership positions in both the civic and

 political arenas, including President of the Washoe County Bar

 Association, Chairman of the Northern Nevada Federal Judicial Merit

 Advisory Commission and Director of the International Academy of Trial

 Lawyers, as well as years of involvement in the Democratic Central

 Committee in Nevada; and

   Whereas, Because of Virgil Wedge’s deep interest in the economic

development of his state and his participation in many business

 associations that helped to bring prosperity to Northern Nevada, Governor

 Bob Miller proclaimed March 22, 1989, Virgil H. Wedge Day, and 4 years

 later Reno Mayor Pete Sferrazza bestowed a similar honor by declaring

 April 20, 1993, Virgil H. Wedge Day; and

   Whereas, The full life of Virgil Wedge also involved running a herd of

 cattle on a ranch he owned in southwest Reno and membership in

 organizations including the Masons, the Elks and the Prospectors Club;

 and

   Whereas, Virgil Henry Wedge is survived by his wife, Suki, daughter,

 Suzanne Landucci of San Francisco, son, Virgil A. Wedge of Reno, sister,

 Ruby Ellen Buhler of Sacramento, grandchildren and a great-grandson;

 now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

 Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

 Legislature express their deepest sympathy to the family of Virgil Henry

 Wedge; and be it further

   Resolved, That Virgil Henry Wedge will long be remembered by his

 fellow Nevadans who have received the benefits of his contributions to

 this state; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

 of this resolution to Virgil Wedge’s wife, Suki.

 

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