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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 46
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To memorialize the Louisiana congressional delegation and the United States Congress to
take such actions as are necessary to rename the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs' Lafayette Community Based Outpatient Clinic in honor of Rodney
C. Hamilton Sr.
WHEREAS, Rodney Carroll Hamilton Sr. was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on
March 24, 1932, and his family moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, in the summer of 1948; and
WHEREAS, God, family, country, and community were his strong interests; and
WHEREAS, in 1949, he joined the Marine Reserve at age seventeen while attending
Lafayette High School at the urging of his football coach, Lou Campbell; and
WHEREAS, Rodney served our country during the Korean War, was wounded in
combat in September 1951, and was awarded the Purple Heart; and
WHEREAS, he loved the United States Marine Corps and was proud of all Marines
who served their country; and
WHEREAS, his military involvement included being a member of the Marine Corps
League, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the Veteran's Action Coalition of
Southwest Louisiana where he served as Founder and Chairman Emeritus; and
WHEREAS, he served as a full-time elected official in the Lafayette city government
from 1968 through 1972 as a Trustee of Public Property; and
WHEREAS, Rodney made numerous contributions to help make Lafayette a better
place including leading efforts to secure and build the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs' Lafayette Community Based Outpatient Clinic, which opened in 2016; and
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WHEREAS, due to Rodney's dedication in realizing the veterans clinic in Lafayette,
the street there was named in his honor and now bears signs saying, "Veterans Way,
Honorary Rodney Hamilton"; and
WHEREAS, Rodney Carroll Hamilton Sr. passed away at the age of eighty-eight on
November 30, 2020.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby
memorializes the Louisiana congressional delegation and the United States Congress to take
such actions as are necessary to rename the United States Department of Veterans Affairs'
Lafayette Community Based Outpatient Clinic in honor of Rodney C. Hamilton Sr.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted
to the secretary of the United States Senate, the clerk of the United States House of
Representatives, and to each member of the Louisiana delegation to the United States
Congress.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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