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Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. M98-0781.01 EBD

STATE OF COLORADO




BY REPRESENTATIVE Kreutz


HOUSE MEMORIAL 98-1001


WHEREAS, By the Will of Divine Providence, our beloved former member, the Honorable Charles W. "Chuck" Henning, departed this life on May 28, 1997; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning was born July 29, 1929, in Brookfield, Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict as a tank platoon leader and as manager of the Armed Forces Radio Station Vagabond; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning served his community as a journalist working as a political reporter at radio and television station KOA; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning served his community as a lobbyist representing the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association and the Savings and Loan League of Colorado; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning served his community as a member of the KCFR Colorado Public Radio Board and with the Colorado Speakers Association; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning wrote a book entitled the "Wit and Wisdom of Politics" that was nationally recognized and widely praised by, among others, George Will and Jack W. Germond; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning's contributions to his state have been recognized by being named the recipient of the ROMCOE Award for Outstanding Environmental Achievement and the recipient of the first annual Lee F. Johnson Award for contributions to low and moderate income housing; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning served the executive department of his state, having been appointed by four different Colorado Governors to various posts including the chairman of the Colorado Housing Finance Authority, the State Board of Agriculture, and as the director of a state agency, the Colorado Advanced Technology Institute; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning served well and faithfully his state representing Englewood as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives during the 1992 session; and

WHEREAS, After his service as a member of this House, Representative Henning continued to serve Colorado as the director of the House of Representatives Majority Communications Office where he provided his vast knowledge and experience to the members of this House; and

WHEREAS, Representative Henning reminded this House that a sense of humor is essential in politics and that the importance of using humor might be summed up in his own words: "Humor is used to clear away the pomposity, patronizing, piousness, piety, pretentiousness, and prolixity that are all too prevalent in politics"; and

WHEREAS, It is fitting that we, the members of the House of Representatives of the Sixty­first General Assembly, pay tribute to the years of dedicated public service by Representative Henning and express our deep regret and sorrow occasioned by his death; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty­first General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

That, in the death of Charles W. "Chuck" Henning, the People of the State of Colorado have lost an outstanding citizen and a devoted public servant and that we, the members of the Sixty­first General Assembly, do hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family and his friends, and pay tribute to a man who served his community, his country, and the State of Colorado well and faithfully.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Memorial be sent to his daughter Laura, his son Christopher, and his friend and companion Martha Hansen.