2011
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE MEMORIAL 11-001
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Bacon,  Aguilar, Boyd, Brophy, Cadman, Carroll,
       Foster, Giron, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey, Heath, Hodge, Hudak, Jahn,
       Johnston, King K., King S., Kopp, Lambert, Lundberg, Mitchell, Morse,
       Newell, Nicholson, Renfroe, Roberts, Scheffel, Schwartz, Shaffer B.,
       Spence, Steadman, Tochtrop, White, Williams S..
       
       
          MEMORIALIZING FORMER SENATOR JAMES BEATTY. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Our respected former colleague, James "Jim" Dean
       Beatty, a past member of the Colorado Senate, departed this life on
       October 14, 2010, at the age of 81; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Beatty was born in La Junta, Colorado, on
       September 3, 1929, to Jason and Clara Beatty and was the oldest of three
       boys; and
       
          WHEREAS, He spent most of his young life in Colorado and
       graduated from Springfield High School in Springfield, Colorado, in
       1947; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Beatty received his Bachelor's degree in
       Business from Adams State College in Alamosa in 1951 and soon after
       enlisted in the Air Force, attended Officer Candidate School, and received
       his commission as First Lieutenant; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1952 Senator Beatty married Peggy Callihan and to
       this union son Bruce and daughter Lila were born, and on February 14,
       1987, Senator Beatty was married to Mary Regan and became stepfather
       to Robert and Mike Regan; and
       
          WHEREAS, After completing his service with the Air Force, Senator
       Beatty enrolled at the University of Colorado, where he received his
       Bachelor of Laws degree in 1956; and
       
          WHEREAS, In July 1956, Senator Beatty arrived in Fort Collins to
       work as a trust officer for Poudre Valley Bank, and his law career began
       in January 1960 when he joined the Fischer & Beatty Law Firm in Fort
       Collins and continued in 1975 when he began his solo practice, James D.
       Beatty, P.C., where he worked until his retirement in 1995; and
       
          WHEREAS, During Senator Beatty's years in Fort Collins he served
       his local community in many ways, serving as Rotary President and Elder
       and General Legal Counsel for the Presbytery of Boulder; volunteering
       with the United Way, Red Cross Disaster Committee, and Larimer and
       Colorado Heart Associations; and being the founding director of Fort
       Collins Youth Baseball; and
       
          WHEREAS, From 1980 to 1988 Senator Beatty served in the
       Colorado State Senate, where he was vice-chairman and chairman of
       several committees and served on the Local Government, Finance,
       Agriculture, Judiciary, Business Affairs and Labor, Legal Services,
       Appropriations, and Joint Budget Committees; and
       
          WHEREAS, Those who worked with him during his Senatorial years
       remember best his commitment to recodifying the wildlife statutes, the
       deregulation of Mountain Bell, and the distinction between InterLATA
       and IntraLATA telephone service; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Beatty had a passion for politics and felt it was
       each person's privilege and responsibility to serve where needed, and he
       won numerous awards for his contributions both in the community and
       while serving as a legislator; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Beatty was a happy, positive, intelligent, and
       kind man who loved life and never knew a stranger; and
       
          WHEREAS, He loved to sing in the shower, dance at the Safari Room
       Restaurant, drive fast cars, ski the beautiful mountains of Colorado, play
       bridge and tennis, and solve problems; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Beatty was a gifted leader who inspired others
       to find the best in themselves and to give that best to their family,
       community, state, and country; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado:
       
          That, in the death of Jim Beatty, the people of the state of Colorado
       have lost a dedicated public servant and outstanding citizen, and that we,
       the members of the Senate of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly, do
       hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends
       and pay tribute to a man who served his state well and faithfully.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be sent to
       Senator Beatty's wife, Mary Beatty, of Greeley; his son, Bruce Beatty of
       Tucson, Arizona; his daughter, Lila Gronau of Mesquite, Texas; his
       stepsons Robert Regan and Mike Regan of Greeley; and his brother, Alan
       Beatty, of Fort Collins.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Brandon C. Shaffer                    Cindi Markwell
       PRESIDENT OF                            SECRETARY OF
       THE SENATE                                THE SENATE