Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 22–Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams

 

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Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing Edmund J. Cain, Dean Emeritus of the University of Nevada, Reno, College of Education.

 

    Whereas, On January 17, 2003, higher education in Nevada

 lost a leader and educational administrator extraordinaire with the

 death of Edmund J. Cain, the man who is viewed as having

 modernized teacher education and who established an international

 reputation for the College of Education at the University of Nevada,

 Reno; and

    Whereas, Born in Chico, California, on March 19, 1918,

 Edmund Cain, attended schools in Chico and helped support his

 family until his enlistment in the United States Army following the

 bombing of Pearl Harbor; and

    Whereas, Assigned to the Signal Corps based in Fort

 Monmouth, New Jersey, Edmund Cain met and married Virginia

 Hartigan, eventually rose to the rank of Captain and, because of his

 nondiscriminatory manner, was selected to lead an African

-American company during the invasion and occupation of

 Okinawa, Japan; and

    Whereas, On returning to New Jersey following his discharge

 from the Army, Edmund Cain entered Columbia University where

 he earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in the field

 of education; and

    Whereas, Following his first college teaching position with

 Western Connecticut State University, Edmund Cain became a

 professor of education at the University of Delaware where he

 developed innovative methods for teacher development, and it was

 during his tenure there that his interest in international education

 prompted him to take a leave of absence to be a consultant with

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization, in Santiago, Chile, for 2 years; and

    Whereas, Dr. Cain later served as a consultant to the Institute

 of International Education, was a founder of the International

 Council on Education for Teaching and was selected to head one of

 the first teams of Americans to go behind the Iron Curtain to

 evaluate the state of education in Yugoslavia; and

    Whereas, Fortunately for the State of Nevada, Dr. Cain chose

 to accept the challenges of a growing Nevada campus and joined

 the University of Nevada faculty in 1964 where, as Dean of the

 College of Education for the next 20 years, he led a period of

 extraordinary statewide development for Nevada education which

 emphasized laboratory experiences for student teachers,

 spearheaded tutoring opportunities for disadvantaged youngsters in

 lower-income neighborhoods and included the development of the

 first international student exchange program for the College; and

    Whereas, Dr. Cain’s belief that demonstration laboratories and

 updated classrooms were essential teaching tools resulted in a new

 College of Education, dedicated in 1972, which was rededicated

 and named in his honor in 1998; and

    Whereas, As Dean Emeritus of the College of Education of the

 University of Nevada, Reno, Dr. Edmund Cain was appointed to

 the Board of Directors of the Far West Laboratory for Educational

 Research and Development in 1996; and

    Whereas, Community service was also a part of Edmund

 Cain’s life as evidenced in his involvement with the United Way,

 Rotary and the Boy Scouts of America who honored him in 1998 as

 a Distinguished Eagle Scout for his 65 years of service to the Boy

 Scouts; and

    Whereas, Edmund Cain is survived by Virginia, his wife of 58

 years, his sons, Edmund and James, his daughter, Mary-Ellen

 McMullen, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; now,

 therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the

 Assembly Concurring, That the members of the 72nd Session

 of the Nevada Legislature extend their deepest sympathy to the

 family and friends of Edmund J. Cain, especially to his wife,

 Virginia; and be it further

    Resolved, That Edmund J. Cain Hall on the campus of the

 University of Nevada, Reno, will stand as a testimony to the man

 whose vision was a leading force in the growth of teacher education

 in the State of Nevada; and be it further

    Resolved, That the academic achievement of the children of

 this state will be a legacy to Edmund Cain who breathed life into

 the education of teachers during his decades of service to higher

 education in Nevada; and be it further

    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and

transmit a copy of this resolution to Edmund Cain’s beloved wife,

 Virginia.

 

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