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2021 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 88
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Mayor Lorenz "Lo" Walker of Bossier City.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Mayor Lorenz "Lo" Walker for his years of public service to the city of
3 Bossier City, the state of Louisiana, and the United States.
4 WHEREAS, Mayor Walker was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and graduated from
5 Fair Park High School; and
6 WHEREAS, he earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from
7 Louisiana Tech University (LA Tech), graduating cum laude and receiving the honor of
8 being named Outstanding Business School Graduate, and most recently, LA Tech Alumnus
9 of the Year 2018; he earned his graduate degree in business administration from Auburn
10 University; and
11 WHEREAS, in 1956, Mayor Walker entered the United States Air Force where he
12 served for thirty years, receiving the honor of Distinguished Military Graduate, and retiring
13 at the rank of Colonel in 1986; he also achieved the rare distinction of simultaneously
14 serving as a Command Pilot and Master Parachutist in which he earned two Legions of
15 Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, thirteen Air Medals, the Bronze Star, and the
16 Meritorious Service Medal; and
17 WHEREAS, beginning in 1989, he served as Chief Administrative Officer of the city
18 of Bossier City, Louisiana, for sixteen years; and
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1 WHEREAS, Mayor Walker was first elected mayor in 2005 and is now the longest
2 serving mayor in the city's history after being elected for a record fifth term in March of
3 2021; and
4 WHEREAS, Mayor Walker has served on the board of directors of many
5 organizations, including the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, Bossier
6 Council on Aging, Bossier Chamber of Commerce, Greater Bossier Economic Development
7 Foundation, the Louisiana Military Advisory Council, American Red Cross, and the
8 Salvation Army; he has also served as president of the Louisiana Conference of Mayors, the
9 Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the I-69 Mid-Continent Highway Coalition, the Retired
10 Officers Association, and the Barksdale Air Force Base Riding Club, and as Executive
11 Director of the Bossier Civic Center; and
12 WHEREAS, during his thirty plus years of service to Bossier City, the city has grown
13 and prospered.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
15 commend Mayor Lorenzo "Lo" Walker for his distinguished public service to the citizens
16 of Bossier City, does hereby recognize and record for posterity his vital contributions and
17 dedication to the state of Louisiana and the nation, and does hereby extend to him best
18 wishes for continued success and happiness in all of his future endeavors.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
20 Mayor Lorenz "Lo" Walker.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Lebra R. Bias.
DIGEST
SCR 88 Original 2021 Regular Session Peacock
Commends Mayor Lorenz "Lo" Walker for his years of public service to the city of Bossier
City, the state, and the nation.
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