Bill Text: GA SR625 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Jones, Jr., Mr. Stanley S.; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-03-19 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR625 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR625-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 625
By:
Senator Adelman of the 42nd
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Mr. Stanley S. Jones, Jr., on the occasion of his 60th birthday;
and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mr. Stanley S. Jones, Jr., was born on March 24, 1949, in Macon, Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Jones now calls Atlanta's neighborhood of Druid Hills his home where he
actively contributes to his state and community in his 60th year;
and
WHEREAS,
educated in the Atlanta public school system, Mr. Jones graduated from Dykes
High School and earned a magna cum laude bachelor's degree in history from
Harvard University, a master's degree in modern history and economics from
Balliol College at Oxford University, and a law degree from the University of
Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
a recognized scholar, Mr. Jones received the Rhodes Scholarship and is a member
of the Blue Key; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Jones became a member of the State Bar of Georgia in 1977 and is an active
member of the American Bar Association and American Health Lawyers Association;
and
WHEREAS,
he has worked as a health care and governmental relations lawyer providing
decades of service and advocacy while a partner at the firm of Long, Aldridge
and Norman and now with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP;
and
WHEREAS,
devoted to uplifting the lives of others, Mr. Jones has served on the Executive
Committee of the Dean's Council for Emory University School of Public Health, on
Governor Perdue's Mental Health Service Delivery Commission, on Georgia Health
Decisions' board of directors, as former chairman of the Board of Visiting Nurse
Health System, as vice president for public policy of the National Mental Health
Association, as founding president of Project Interconnections, Inc., and as a
past chairman of the Georgia Commission on Mental Health, Mental Retardation,
and Substance Abuse Delivery; and
WHEREAS,
a noted civic leader and contributor in Atlanta, Mr. Jones is a member of
Leadership Atlanta, the board of advisors to the Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce and the Governor's Roundtable, and is a founding member of the Atlanta
Community Court Foundation; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Jones is united in love and marriage to his devoted and caring wife, Bobbi,
and he has been blessed with remarkable children; and
WHEREAS,
known for his wit and unique sense of humor, Mr. Jones is a generous and caring
man that makes this world a better place in which to live, and it is only
fitting and proper that he be appropriately recognized during this very special
and memorable time of his life.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Mr. Stanley S, Jones, Jr., for his dedicated and loyal service to his family,
community, profession, and state; congratulate him on the occasion of his 60th
birthday; and extend to him their most sincere best wishes for many more years
of happiness.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Stanley S. Jones, Jr.
