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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 42
BY SENATOR NEVERS
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Lou Major Sr. of Bogalusa, Louisiana, upon induction into
the LSU Manship School Hall of Fame at the 38
th
Annual Hall of Fame Gala on
Thursday evening, April 19
th
, 2012.
WHEREAS, in 1951, Lou Major graduated from the LSU School of Journalism, now
the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, where he served as president of the
journalism fraternity Pi Alpha Mu in his senior year; and
WHEREAS, on July 6, 1951, Bogalusa publisher Halford R. Houser wrote "Mr.
Major" a letter offering him a starting salary of $45 a week, and declaring that: "If you show
the stuff that I believe is in you, you won't stay long"; and
WHEREAS, Lou Major and his wife Peggy moved to Bogalusa to start his first job
as a "cub reporter" with The Daily News on July 20, 1951; and
WHEREAS, Lou Major worked his way from Reporter to Sports Editor, News
Editor, Managing Editor, and General Manager, and in 1963, to Publisher of The Daily
News, a position in which he served through 1997; and
WHEREAS, Lou Major went on to become president and CEO of Wick
Communications, where, under his leadership, the company grew to include 30 community
newspapers and specialty publications in 10 states; and
WHEREAS, in 2001, Lou Major retired after 50 years of "active duty" with Wick
Communications, and was named to the company's board of directors; and
WHEREAS, Lou Major is now in his 62
nd
year of a newspaper career with The Daily
News in Bogalusa, thereby demonstrating that he indeed did have in him "the stuff" of great
journalism his publisher had recognized all those years ago.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Lou Major Sr. upon his induction into the LSU
Manship School Hall of Fame at the 38
th
Annual Hall of Fame Gala on April 19
th
, 2012. SR NO. 42 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Lou
Major Sr.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE