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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 142
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Bob Marshall for receiving the 2013 Distinguished
Service Award in Sports Journalism and on being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall
of Fame.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend and congratulate Bob Marshall for receiving the 2013 Distinguished Service2
Award in Sports Journalism and on being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of3
Fame.4
WHEREAS, it is with great pride that the citizens and Senate of Louisiana have5
learned of the prestigious honor bestowed upon Bob Marshall for receiving the 20136
Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and on his induction into the Louisiana7
Sports Hall of Fame; and8
WHEREAS, the inductees are carefully chosen after extensive deliberation by an9
expert panel of Louisiana Sports Writers' Association members across the state; and10
WHEREAS, Bob Marshall's forty year career includes extensive work as a reporter11
and columnist covering the outdoors, professional, college and Olympic sports, feature12
writing, op-ed columns, and many projects specializing in environmental issues; and13
WHEREAS, Bob Marshall is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who has spent much14
of his career chronicaling the people, stories and issues of Louisiana's wetlands culture; and15
WHEREAS, in 1997, Bob Marshall was a member of the Times Picayune's three-16
man team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the series "Oceans of Trouble" which examined the17
plight of the world's fisheries; and18 SR NO. 142
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WHEREAS, in 2004 he was elected to the Circle of Chiefs by the Outdoor Writers1
Association of America, the group's highest award for contributions to conservation; and2
WHEREAS, in 2005, Bob Marshall's investigations into the Corps of Engineers3
missteps in building the New Orleans levees and floodwalls was part of the Times Picayune4
reporting package that won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina, leading5
to his being a finalist for the Investigative Editors and Reporters Award, and the Polk Award6
for his on-going coverage on the causes of the disaster; and7
WHEREAS, in 2007, he won the John H. Oakes Prize for Distinguished8
Environmental Reporting from Columbia University, and the Keck Award for outstanding9
science reporting from The National Academy of Sciences for a series he coauthored entitled10
"Last Chance: The Fight to Save a Disappearing Coast", about Louisiana's coastal erosion11
crisis; and 12
WHEREAS, his environmental reporting and essays have earned him recognition13
from a wide range of conservation and environmental groups, including Conservationist of14
the Year awards from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation; and15
WHEREAS, Bob Marshall has received numerous national and regional accolades16
for journalism including top honors from the Associated Press, United Press International,17
Scripps-Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards, Society of Professional18
Journalists, National Association of Sportswriters and Sportscasters and the Pro Football19
Writers of America, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Louisiana Sportswriters20
Association, and Louisiana Outdoor Writers; and21
WHEREAS, the success of the state of Louisiana, the strength of our communities,22
and the overall vitality of American society depends, in great measure, upon the dedication23
of great journalists like Bob Marshall who strive to investigate and report the truth.24
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana25
does hereby recognize the numerous accomplishments and extraordinary career of Bob26
Marshall and commends and congratulates him for receiving the 2013 Distinguished Service27
Award in Sports Journalism and on being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.28
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Bob29
Marshall.30 SR NO. 142
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tammy Crain Waldrop.
DIGEST
Long SR No. 142
Commends Bob Marshall for receiving the 2013 Distinguished Service Award in Sports
Journalism and on being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.