Bill Text: GA HR443 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Phyllis Heller Memorial Bridge; dedicate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-26 - House Second Readers [HR443 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR443-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 443
By:
Representatives Dollar of the
45th
and Parsons of the
42nd
A
RESOLUTION
Celebrating
the life of Phyllis Heller and dedicating a bridge in her memory; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Phyllis Heller, a Marietta resident, passed away April 18, 2007, after a four
year fight with an incurable blood cancer called multiple myeloma;
and
WHEREAS,
she was a heroic woman of many talents; and
WHEREAS,
she was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and she attended Boston University School
of Music where she majored in bassoon; and
WHEREAS,
when Carl Orff's Carmina Burana premiered in this country on November 19, 1954,
at Carnegie Hall under the baton of Leopold Stokowski, Phyllis Heller was the
first chair bassoonist; and
WHEREAS,
she had a lifelong passion for the arts and visited hundreds of museums around
the world; and
WHEREAS,
in the 1990's she took up stained glass artwork and quickly became highly
regarded for her intricate, large-scale designs including full-sized doors and
room valances; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Heller was the Chairwoman of Sculpture Internationale, the largest
international fine arts sculpture exposition in the United States, which took
place in 2002 at Cobb Galleria, and she later went on to help fund and organize
the Digital Fine Arts Museum; and
WHEREAS,
throughout her career she enjoyed exploring different cultures and societies,
and she was a principal in a firm which developed and produced export promotion
shows for American manufacturers around the world, and in the process, she
visited and produced expositions in more than 40 countries and on every
continent except Antarctica; and
WHEREAS,
it is only fitting and proper that the life of Phyllis Heller be celebrated and
that a lasting tribute to her memory be established.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body honor the memory of Phyllis Heller and dedicate the bridge on SR 120
over Willeo Creek in Cobb County as the Phyllis Heller Memorial
Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Phyllis Heller
Memorial Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the family of
Phyllis Heller and to the Department of Transportation.
