SLS 17RS-980 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 80
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends posthumously Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes upon his
induction into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend posthumously Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes on his induction into the Louisiana
3 Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
4 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame was created by an
5 Act of the Louisiana Legislature in 1987 as a state museum dedicated to the preservation of
6 the history of Louisiana politics; and
7 WHEREAS, the Hall of Fame Induction Banquet was held on Saturday, March 11,
8 2017, at the Louisiana Political Museum in Winnfield; and
9 WHEREAS, Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes was posthumously honored as an inductee at
10 the banquet; and
11 WHEREAS, a native of Ozark, Missouri, and a longtime resident of Baton Rouge,
12 he was born on July 8, 1930; and
13 WHEREAS, he attended public school in Ozark; Drury College and Southwest
14 Missouri State College in Springfield, Missouri; the University of Missouri in Columbia,
15 Missouri; and Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan; and he was a member
16 of Sigma Nu Fraternity; and
17 WHEREAS, during the Korean War, Mr. Mapes volunteered to serve in the United
18 States Air Force and did so proudly from January 1951 until March of 1955, and in 1960,
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1 made his home in Baton Rouge; and
2 WHEREAS, he served with honor and distinction as a lobbyist, and some of his
3 clients included Louisiana Farm Bureau, Southwestern Lumberman's Association, Louisiana
4 Finance Association, 3M Company, Entergy, Cole-National Corp., Louisiana Retailers
5 Association, Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, and Louisiana Building Material
6 Dealers Association; and
7 WHEREAS, during his remarkable career as a lobbyist, he worked with eight of
8 Louisiana's governors beginning with Earl Long and ending with Kathleen Babineaux
9 Blanco and throughout his career, he lived out his lifelong motto, "What is the right thing
10 to do?"; and
11 WHEREAS, he never retired and remained passionate about his family, clients, and
12 the great state of Louisiana until his death, Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes has rightly earned a
13 place in Louisiana's political history next to the many legends previously inducted into the
14 Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Louisiana Legislature does hereby
16 posthumously commend Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes upon his induction into the Louisiana
17 Political Museum and Hall of Fame and for his distinguished career.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
19 family of Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ridge.
DIGEST
SCR 80 Original 2017 Regular Session Long
Commends posthumously Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes on his induction into the Louisiana
Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
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