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.