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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 130
BY SENATOR PERRY
A RESOLUTION
To commend the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminars and
to recognize June 14, 2013, as "Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day" in the state of
Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Hugh O'Brian, the Hollywood star who portrayed Wyatt Earp in the
television series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", founded the Hugh O'Brian Youth
Leadership Foundation in 1958; and
WHEREAS, the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, also known as HOBY,
organizes and promotes annual leadership seminars for thousands of high school sophomores
throughout the United States and abroad; and
WHEREAS, the objectives of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program are to
seek out, recognize, develop, and reward leadership potential in high school students, to
encourage and assist young people in their quests for self-identification and
self-development, to host workshops for young people with recognized leaders in business,
industry, government, science, and education, and to stimulate opportunities for young
people to demonstrate their leadership abilities for the benefit of their communities and their
country; and
WHEREAS, to date, more than four hundred thousand students have completed the
Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
seminars and does hereby recognize June 14, 2013, as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day
in the state of Louisiana. SR NO. 130 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Cindy
Bishop and Nial Patel, co-chairpersons of the Louisiana HOBY Leadership Seminar, and to
Hugh O'Brian.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE