SLS 17RS-1948 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 104
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
COMMENDAT IONS. Commends Julia Thornton for her dedication and service and
congratulates her upon her well-deserved retirement from CenturyLink, Inc.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Julia Thornton for her dedication and service and to congratulate her upon her
3 well-deserved retirement from CenturyLink, Inc.
4 WHEREAS, Julia Thornton recently retired from her final assignment of a lifetime
5 dedicated to the admirable vocation of service to government and legislative-related
6 activities, advocacy for women and children, humanitarian efforts, selfless volunteerism, and
7 exceptional achievement; and
8 WHEREAS, Ms. Thornton has provided over three decades of legal and
9 governmental services working for the betterment of the state of Louisiana; and
10 WHEREAS, her outstanding government consultation, invaluable legal aptitude,
11 generous volunteerism, and effective leadership have served many; and
12 WHEREAS, she is a graduate of C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, the
13 University of Mississippi, and the Tulane University of Law School in New Orleans; and
14 WHEREAS, Ms. Thornton has been a tireless governmental representative serving
15 as director of governmental and regulatory affairs for Louisiana and Mississippi of
16 CenturyLink, Inc., one of the largest companies in the state; and
17 WHEREAS, in addition to her business acumen, her leadership talents were of great
18 service to the early childhood development community as the president and chief executive
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1 officer of Steps to Success, a statewide initiative; and
2 WHEREAS, she has represented a vast array of clients, including Blue Cross and
3 Blue Shield of Louisiana, the University of New Orleans, the Louisiana State University
4 System Office, and the Louisiana Board of Regents; and
5 WHEREAS, she has worked tirelessly to better her community and state and has
6 served as the chair of the Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Baton Rouge Area, as chair of
7 the Family Services of the Greater Baton Rouge area, as division chair of the Woman's
8 Hospital Capital Campaign, as a Young Women's Christian Association board officer, as a
9 Junior League member in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, on the board of directors of the
10 Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, as an officer of the Louisiana Relay
11 Administration, and as a board member of the Louisiana Telecommunications Association;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, Julia Thornton's special and incomparable leadership skills have been
14 recognized by her selection to the Baton Rouge Leadership Class of 1987 and the Louisiana
15 Leadership Class of 1999; and
16 WHEREAS, upon her retirement she has returned to Oxford, Mississippi, the home
17 of her alma mater, to continue her legacy of service on the Old Miss Women's Council.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
19 express gratitude to Julia Thornton for her lifetime of service and many achievements and
20 does congratulate her upon her retirement from CenturyLink, Inc.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Julia
22 Thornton.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SCR 104 Original 2017 Regular Session Walsworth
Commends Julia Thornton for her dedication and service and upon her well-deserved
retirement from CenturyLink, Inc.
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