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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 120
BY SENATOR LAFLEUR AND REPRESENTATI VE PERRY
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend the efforts of the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
seminars and to recognize June 17, 2010, as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day
in the state of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Hugh O'Brian, the Hollywood star who portrayed Wyatt Earp in the
television series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," founded the Hugh O'Brian Youth
Leadership Foundation in 1958; and
WHEREAS, the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, also known as HOBY,
organizes and promotes annual leadership seminars for nearly nine thousand high school
sophomores throughout the United States and abroad; and
WHEREAS, the objectives of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program are to
seek out, recognize, develop, and reward leadership potential in high school students, to
encourage and assist young people in their quest for self-identification and self-development,
to host workshops for young people with recognized leaders in business, industry,
government, science, and education, and to stimulate opportunities for young people to
demonstrate their leadership abilities for the benefit of their communities and their country;
and
WHEREAS, to date, more than three hundred fifty-five thousand students have
completed the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend the efforts of the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth
Leadership seminars and does hereby recognize June 17, 2010, as Hugh O'Brian Youth
Leadership Day in the state of Louisiana. SCR NO. 120 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Cindy Bishop and Nial Patel, co-chairpersons of the Louisiana HOBY Leadership Seminar,
and to Hugh O'Brian.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES