SLS 10RS-3952 ORIGINAL Page 1 of 2 Regular Session, 2010 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 107 BY SENATOR LAFLEUR COMMENDATIONS. Commends the efforts of the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminars. A RESOLUTION1 To commend the efforts of the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership2 seminars and to recognize June 4, 2010, as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day in3 the state of Louisiana.4 WHEREAS, Hugh O'Brian, the Hollywood star who portrayed Wyatt Earp in the5 television series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", founded the Hugh O'Brian Youth6 Leadership Foundation in 1958; and7 WHEREAS, the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, also known as HOBY,8 organizes and promotes annual leadership seminars for nearly nine thousand high school9 sophomores throughout the United States and abroad; and10 WHEREAS, the objectives of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program are to11 seek out, recognize, develop, and reward leadership potential in high school students; to12 encourage and assist young people in their quest for self-identification and self-development;13 to host workshops for young people with recognized leaders in business, industry,14 government, science, and education; and to stimulate opportunities for young people to15 demonstrate their leadership abilities for the benefit of their communities and their country;16 and17 WHEREAS, to date, more than three hundred fifty-five thousand students have18 SR NO. 107 SLS 10RS-3952 ORIGINAL Page 2 of 2 completed the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program.1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana2 does hereby commend the efforts of the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth3 Leadership seminars and does hereby recognize June 4, 2010, as Hugh O'Brian Youth4 Leadership Day in the state of Louisiana.5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to6 Cindy Bishop and Nial Patel, co-chairpersons of the Louisiana HOBY Leadership Seminar,7 and to Hugh O'Brian.8 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tammy Crain Waldrop. DIGEST LaFleur SR No. 107 Commends the efforts of the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminars and recognizes June 4, 2010, as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day.