Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 40

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 40-Senators Rawson, Adler, Augustine, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Connell, O'Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Regan, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

May 21, 1997
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Read and adopted

SUMMARY--Congratulates Robert N. Broadbent for being selected as recipient of Distinguished Community Service Award of Anti-Defamation League. (BDR R-1711)

EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Congratulating Robert N. Broadbent for being selected as the recipient of the Distinguished Community Service Award of the Anti-Defamation League.

Whereas, Robert N. Broadbent received his education from the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena and the University of Nevada, Reno, before graduating from Idaho State College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy; and
Whereas, Robert Broadbent began his career as the owner of a pharmacy in Boulder City and shortly thereafter was elected as the first mayor of Boulder City; and
Whereas, In 1968, Robert Broadbent was elected to the Board of County Commissioners and served in that capacity for the next 13 years; and
Whereas, While serving as a County Commissioner, Robert Broadbent actively pursued the aggressive expansion of the McCarran Airport in anticipation of the future growth of the community; and
Whereas, During the Reagan administration, Robert Broadbent served as the Commissioner of Reclamation, directing the operations of the Federal Bureau of Reclamation, and in 1983, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Water and Science by President Ronald Reagan; and
Whereas, Robert Broadbent has served on the executive board of the Airports Council International, and his contributions on a national and international level have been extremely beneficial to the airline industry; and
Whereas, Robert Broadbent presently serves as the Director of Aviation for Clark County; and
Whereas, In 1990, National Commissioner of the Anti-Defamation League, Eugene Warner, invited Robert Broadbent to participate in a high-level mission to Israel; and
Whereas, Robert Broadbent was recently honored by being selected to receive the Distinguished Community Service Award by the Anti-Defamation League; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly Concurring, That the members of the 69th Session of the Nevada Legislature do hereby congratulate Robert N. Broadbent for being selected as this year's recipient of the Distinguished Community Service Award by the Anti-Defamation League and for 35 years of public service to his country and the State of Nevada; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to Robert N. Broadbent.