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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 130
BY SENATOR PERRY
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth
Leadership seminars and recognizes June 14, 2013, as "Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
Day" in Louisiana.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminars and2
to recognize June 14, 2013, as "Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day" in the state of3
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 thousands of high school sophomores9
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 quests for self-identification and13
self-development, to host workshops for young people with recognized leaders in business,14
industry, government, science, and education, and to stimulate opportunities for young15
people to demonstrate their leadership abilities for the benefit of their communities and their16
country; and17
WHEREAS, to date, more than four hundred thousand students have completed the18 SR NO. 130
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Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program.1
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana2
does hereby commend the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership3
seminars and does hereby recognize June 14, 2013, as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day4
in the state of Louisiana.5
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Cindy6
Bishop and Nial Patel, co-chairpersons of the Louisiana HOBY Leadership Seminar, and to7
Hugh O'Brian.8
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Perry SR No. 130
Commends the organizers of the La. Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminars and
recognizes June 14, 2013, as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day in the state.