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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 209
BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Gallot family for their many contributions to Grambling State University,
the city of Grambling, and the state of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Richard Gallot, Sr., Dr. Mildred Gauthier Gallot, and State Senator Rick
Gallot have made many contributions to Grambling State University, the town of Grambling,
and the state of Louisiana, and it is appropriate to express a sincere measure of gratitude on
behalf of the students of Grambling State University and the city of Grambling; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Richard Gallot, Sr., served as mayor for the city of Grambling from
1981 until 1984; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Mildred Gauthier Gallot served as a member of the Board of
Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System from 2005 until 2011; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Gallot taught for more than thirty-five years as a professor at
Grambling State University and served as the chair of the History Department; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Gallot is the author of "A History of Grambling State University"
which chronicles the emergence, struggle, and development of Grambling State University
into one of America's best-known historically black universities; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Gallot is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the
Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Commission, the Louisiana Historical Association,
the Ruston-Grambling League of Women Voters, and the American Association of
University Women; and
WHEREAS, State Senator Rick Gallot served as a member of the Louisiana House
of Representatives from 2000-2007 and was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 2011;
and
WHEREAS, in 2007, Dr. Gallot and Senator Gallot were both inducted into the
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WHEREAS, Senator Gallot is a graduate of Grambling State University, Southern
University Law Center, and the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program
at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government; and
WHEREAS, during his tenure in the House, then Representative Gallot secured the
funding for the Grambling State University Frederick Hobdy Assembly Center and continues
to be a fierce advocate for the university and the town of Grambling; and
WHEREAS, Richard, Sr., Mildred, and Rick Gallot have been exemplary citizens
of the city of Grambling for many years, and they merit the highest measure of
commendation for all of their efforts toward making Grambling a better place to live.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Gallot family for their many
contributions to Grambling State University, the city of Grambling, and the state of
Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the Gallot family.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES