ENROLLED HOUSE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 1015	By:	Sullivan of the House  

				and

		Crain of the Senate  

A Concurrent Resolution in honor of Paul E. Thornbrugh on the occasion of his 90th birthday; declaring April 15, 2011, to be Paul E. Thornbrugh Day; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, Paul E. Thornbruqh of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was born April 15, 1921, at Olathe, Kansas; and

WHEREAS, in the 90 years thereafter Paul Thornbruqh has distinguished himself by the virtue of his life in the following ways:

As a patriot in the honorable service to his country in World War II as a sailor in the United States Coast Guard in the Atlantic Theater on the destroyer, the USS Gordon, and other ships of war;

As a public servant as county clerk for Anderson County, Kansas; member of Kansas State Tax Commission; city councilman for the City of Derby, Kansas; President of the School Board for Derby, Kansas; board member for the Catoosa Port Authority and United States Commissioner for the Kansas-Arkansas River Commission;

As a political leader as County Chairman for the Tulsa County Republican Party; Presidential Elector for the State of Oklahoma in 1992 and 1996; delegate to the National Republican Presidential Convention and mentor to a host of men and women who sought his advice and counsel concerning political service to their state.  Known as "Mr. Republican", Paul Thornbrugh is known for his kind and civil discourse and respected by members of his own party and those
he called “The Loyal Opposition”; 

As a businessman in Oklahoma's energy industry with Phillips 66 Oil Company and Mid-America Pipeline Company, which came to be known as Mapco.  Paul was the founder of the first national political action committee dedicated to business and energy policy;

As a husband to his high school sweetheart, Freda Mae Curtiss, whom he married on June 1, 1941; father to four sons, grandfather to seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and 

As a friend to all who have come to know him.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 53RD OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:

THAT the Oklahoma Legislature does hereby declare and proclaim this April 15, 2011, as Paul E. Thornbrugh Day and extends to him a happy 90th birthday, together with our wishes for his continued health and happiness.

THAT a copy of this resolution be dispatched to Paul E. Thornbrugh.

Adopted by the House of Representatives the 13th day of April, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Adopted by the Senate the 14th day of April, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate