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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 80
BY SENATORS LONG, ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP,
BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, CLAITOR, COLOMB,
CORTEZ, DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HEWITT, JOHNS,
LAFLEUR, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MARTINY, MILKOVICH, MILLS,
MIZELL, MORRELL, MORRISH, PEACOCK, PERRY, PETERSON,
RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON,
WALSWORTH, WARD AND WHITE AND REPRESENTATIVE
MCFARLAND
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend posthumously Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes on his induction into the Louisiana
Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame was created by an
Act of the Louisiana Legislature in 1987 as a state museum dedicated to the preservation of
the history of Louisiana politics; and
WHEREAS, the Hall of Fame Induction Banquet was held on Saturday, March 11,
2017, at the Louisiana Political Museum in Winnfield; and
WHEREAS, Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes was posthumously honored as an inductee at
the banquet; and
WHEREAS, a native of Ozark, Missouri, and a longtime resident of Baton Rouge,
he was born on July 8, 1930; and
WHEREAS, he attended public school in Ozark; Drury College and Southwest
Missouri State College in Springfield, Missouri; the University of Missouri in Columbia,
Missouri; and Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan; and he was a member
of Sigma Nu Fraternity; and
WHEREAS, during the Korean War, Mr. Mapes volunteered to serve in the United
States Air Force and did so proudly from January 1951 until March of 1955, and in 1960,
made his home in Baton Rouge; and
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WHEREAS, he served with honor and distinction as a lobbyist, and some of his
clients included Louisiana Farm Bureau, Southwestern Lumberman's Association, Louisiana
Finance Association, 3M Company, Entergy, Cole-National Corp., Louisiana Retailers
Association, Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, and Louisiana Building Material
Dealers Association; and
WHEREAS, during his remarkable career as a lobbyist, he worked with eight of
Louisiana's governors beginning with Earl Long and ending with Kathleen Babineaux
Blanco and throughout his career, he lived out his lifelong motto, "What is the right thing
to do?"; and
WHEREAS, he never retired and remained passionate about his family, clients, and
the great state of Louisiana until his death, Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes has rightly earned a
place in Louisiana's political history next to the many legends previously inducted into the
Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Louisiana Legislature does hereby
posthumously commend Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes upon his induction into the Louisiana
Political Museum and Hall of Fame and for his distinguished career.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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