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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 42
BY SENATOR NEVERS
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Lou Major Sr. on his induction into the LSU Manship
School Hall of Fame on April 19, 2012.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend and congratulate Lou Major Sr. of Bogalusa, Louisiana, upon induction into2
the LSU Manship School Hall of Fame at the 38
th
Annual Hall of Fame Gala on3
Thursday evening, April 19
th
, 2012.4
WHEREAS, in 1951, Lou Major graduated from the LSU School of Journalism, now5
the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, where he served as president of the6
journalism fraternity Pi Alpha Mu in his senior year; and7
WHEREAS, on July 6, 1951, Bogalusa publisher Halford R. Houser wrote "Mr.8
Major" a letter offering him a starting salary of $45 a week, and declaring that: "If you show9
the stuff that I believe is in you, you won't stay long"; and10
WHEREAS, Lou Major and his wife Peggy moved to Bogalusa to start his first job11
as a "cub reporter" with The Daily News on July 20, 1951; and12
WHEREAS, Lou Major worked his way from Reporter to Sports Editor, News13
Editor, Managing Editor, and General Manager, and in 1963, to Publisher of The Daily14
News, a position in which he served through 1997; and15
WHEREAS, Lou Major went on to become president and CEO of Wick16
Communications, where, under his leadership, the company grew to include 30 community17
newspapers and specialty publications in 10 states; and18 SR NO. 42
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WHEREAS, in 2001, Lou Major retired after 50 years of "active duty" with Wick1
Communications, and was named to the company's board of directors; and2
WHEREAS, Lou Major is now in his 62
nd
year of a newspaper career with The Daily3
News in Bogalusa, thereby demonstrating that he indeed did have in him "the stuff" of great4
journalism his publisher had recognized all those years ago.5
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana6
does hereby commend and congratulate Lou Major Sr. upon his induction into the LSU7
Manship School Hall of Fame at the 38
th
Annual Hall of Fame Gala on April 19
th
, 2012.8
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Lou9
Major Sr.10
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Julie J. Baxter.
DIGEST
Nevers SR No.
Commends Lou Major Sr. on his induction into the LSU Manship School Hall of Fame on
April 19, 2012.