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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 221
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
A RESOLUTION
To congratulate Robert W. "Bobby" Welch on the occasion of his retirement as president of
The Dunham School in Baton Rouge and to commend him on over forty years of
service in the field of education.
WHEREAS, Robert W. Welch was born on July 23, 1945, in Vaiden, Mississippi,
and graduated from Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, Bobby received a Business Administration degree from William Carey
University, a Master of Arts in Education Administration from the University of Louisiana
at Monroe, and performed post-graduate studies at Harvard University, the University of
West Florida, and Georgia Southern University; and
WHEREAS, he is a veteran of forty plus years in education, with thirty years of his
experience in independent private schools in the southeastern United States; and
WHEREAS, Bobby is active in the National Association of Independent Schools,
Southern Association of Independent Schools, and several other regional organizations,
having served as Regional Director, Officer and Board Member for many of these groups;
and
WHEREAS, he also has been a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools for ten years; and
WHEREAS, he is the founder of the Louisiana Association of Independent Schools
and currently serves as its executive director; and
WHEREAS, for the last ten years, Bobby has served as headmaster and later
president of The Dunham School in Baton Rouge; and
WHEREAS, under his leadership, Dunham has reached new heights in quality of
education and won national acclaim as a Blue Ribbon School and as an Apple Distinguished
School, while maintaining its academic philosophy of providing a Christian education that
emphasizes not simply acquiring knowledge, but attaining wisdom, and that wisdom is
knowledge shaped by the realization of where one stands in relationship to God and by the
recognition that the order and beauty seen in the universe is the product of the Creator's
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hand; and
WHEREAS, Bobby has been married to the former Pamela Culler of High Point,
North Carolina, for thirty-five years; and
WHEREAS, they have five children: Angela, Jeff, Amy, Kip, and Charles; and
fifteen grandchildren: Millie, Annie, Ellie, Jack, Wils, Sam, Jena Kate, Charlotte, Cade,
Olivia, Josh, Andrew, Molly, Charlie, and Hudson; and
WHEREAS, Bobby is retiring from his position as president of The Dunham School
effective June 30, 2015, and plans to continue building an education consulting company
after his retirement.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby congratulate Robert W. "Bobby" Welch on the occasion of his retirement as
president of The Dunham School in Baton Rouge and commend him on over forty years of
service in the field of education.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Robert W. "Bobby" Welch.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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