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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 124
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
A RESOLUTION
To commend Dr. Gary Stringer on his retirement as head of the University of Louisiana at
Monroe Atmospheric Science, Earth Science and Physics Department after a lengthy
and highly successful career in geology.
WHEREAS, Dr. Stringer is a distinguished educator and a renowned researcher,
working in the petroleum industry both as an employee and as a consultant as well as an
educator at the high school and university level; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Stringer has collaborated with international scientists and
paleontologists in England, Belgium, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Poland, Italy,
the West Indies and Russia on the study of fossil fishes; and
WHEREAS, in addition to publishing over sixty articles, chapters in books, and
creation of major presentations around the scientific world, Dr. Stringer has succeeded in
obtaining more than two million dollars in grant funding from numerous funding agencies
for the study of earth science curriculum, experiments, hands on classroom activities and
field trips; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Stringer has been very active in both professional and community
service, serving as a member of more than twenty professional societies, including the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the Scientific Research Society, the Geological Society
of America, and the Paleontological Research Institution; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Gary Stringer has made major presentations at numerous
conferences and conventions of the world's scientific leaders at the international, national,
regional and state levels; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Stringer has received many high professional honors for his work,
including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching from
the National Science Foundation; and SR NO. 124 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, Dr. Stringer is the holder of the Mayme and Tom Scott Professorship
in Teaching Excellence, an endowment established to encourage and reward excellence in
teaching, learning and research at ULM; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Stringer has taught geology and science education at the University
of Louisiana at Monroe for more than twenty years, taking the institution to new standards
of excellence in scientific research and bringing it acclaim from scientists from around the
world.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend its highest commendations and congratulations to Dr. Gary Stringer for
his extraordinary leadership in the field of geology, his major contributions to education in
Louisiana, and for his great vision and untiring work on behalf of the University of
Louisiana at Monroe.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Dr.
Gary Stringer and the ULM Geology Department.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE