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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 18
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
A RESOLUTION
To commend John Honeycutt of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for being selected as a candidate
to represent Louisiana at the HOBY World Leadership Congress to be held on
July 21-28, 2018, at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.
WHEREAS, the Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership program was established
in 1958 by the popular Hollywood movie actor Hugh O'Brian where he was inspired after
spending nine days in Africa with Dr. Albert Schweitzer; and
WHEREAS, following the visit with Dr. Schweitzer, Hugh O'Brian returned to Los
Angeles and created an international organization designed to encourage young people to
take a leadership role in society and become catalysts for change; and
WHEREAS, John Honeycutt, son of Stephanie and David Honeycutt, attended the
2018 Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Seminar; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana HOBY Leadership program hosted 140 high school
sophomores who represented their respective high schools throughout the state of Louisiana;
and
WHEREAS, the HOBY World Leadership Congress is held every year and brings
together over 400 young leaders from the United States, Puerto Rico, and 11 other countries
for a weeklong intensive educational leadership conference; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the World Leadership Congress is to provide young
HOBY leaders with an opportunity to learn firsthand about other cultures and opinions, form
friendships, exchange ideas in an environment where they can feel comfortable in open
discussion with their peers, and learn to voice how they have shaped and formed their own
views about the role of leadership in society; and
WHEREAS, Hugh O'Brian believed the most important thing in education is to teach
young people to think for themselves, and the more than 475,000 HOBY alumni demonstrate
how this belief has influenced and inspired young people to become more involved in their
communities.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate John Honeycutt, upon his selection as a candidate
to represent Louisiana at the 2018 Hugh O'Brian World Leadership Congress in Chicago,
Illinois, and does hereby recognize the pride and honor that this wonderful young leader
brings to his family, friends, school, community, and state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Mr. John Honeycutt and to Hugh McIntosh, Head of School, Episcopal High School,
Baton Rouge.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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