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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 88
BY SENATOR PEACOCK AND REPRESENTATI VE JENKINS
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Mayor Lorenz "Lo" Walker for his years of public service to the City of
Bossier City, the state of Louisiana, and the United States.
WHEREAS, Mayor Walker was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and graduated from
Fair Park High School; and
WHEREAS, he earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from
Louisiana Tech University (LA Tech), graduating cum laude and receiving the honor of
being named Outstanding Business School Graduate, and most recently, LA Tech Alumnus
of the Year 2018; he earned his graduate degree in business administration from Auburn
University; and
WHEREAS, in 1956, Mayor Walker entered the United States Air Force where he
served for thirty years, receiving the honor of Distinguished Military Graduate, and retiring
at the rank of Colonel in 1986; he also achieved the rare distinction of simultaneously
serving as a Command Pilot and Master Parachutist in which he earned two Legions of
Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, thirteen Air Medals, the Bronze Star, and the
Meritorious Service Medal; and
WHEREAS, in 1989, Lorenz "Lo" Walker began a sixteen year term with the City
of Bossier City, Louisiana, as Chief Administrative Officer; in 2005, he was elected as
mayor of Bossier City and is now completing his fourth term; and
WHEREAS, during his thirty-two plus years of service to Bossier City, the city has
grown and prospered; and
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WHEREAS, Mayor Walker has served on the board of directors of many
organizations, including the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, Bossier
Council on Aging, Bossier Chamber of Commerce, Greater Bossier Economic Development
Foundation, the Louisiana Military Advisory Council, American Red Cross, and the
Salvation Army; he has also served as president of the Louisiana Conference of Mayors, the
Caddo-Bossier Port Commission, the I-69 Mid-Continent Highway Coalition, the Retired
Officers Association, and the Barksdale Air Force Base Riding Club, and as Executive
Director of the Bossier Civic Center.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Mayor Lorenzo "Lo" Walker for his distinguished public service to the citizens
of Bossier City, does hereby recognize and record for posterity his vital contributions and
dedication to the state of Louisiana and the nation, and does hereby extend to him best
wishes for continued success and happiness in all of his future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Mayor Lorenz "Lo" Walker.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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