PRINTER'S NO. 3291
No. 311 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY STETLER, SAYLOR, WAUGH, MASLAND, NICKOL, PLATTS
AND B. SMITH, MARCH 20, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 20, 1996
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Honoring Loretta Claiborne on her induction into the
2 Pennsylvania Special Olympics Hall of Fame on March 21, 1996.
3 WHEREAS, Loretta Claiborne, an athlete from York County, is
4 being inducted into the first-ever Pennsylvania Special Olympics
5 Hall of Fame; and
6 WHEREAS, Loretta Claiborne will be honored at the Hall of
7 Fame dinner and induction ceremony on March 21, 1996, at the
8 Philadelphia Marriott; and
9 WHEREAS, In 1981 she was the first Special Olympics athlete
10 to run in the Boston Marathon, and she received the Spirit of
11 Special Olympics Award from Vice President George Bush; and
12 WHEREAS, She was named Pennsylvania Special Olympics Female
13 Athlete of the Year in 1988 and Special Olympics International's
14 Athlete of the Year in 1990; and
15 WHEREAS, She was honored in 1991 as the Greatest Special
16 Olympics Athlete of the past 25 years by the magazine Runner's
17 World; and
1 WHEREAS, In 1995 she earned recognition as a recipient of an
2 Honorary Doctorate Degree from Quinnipiac College. She was also
3 chosen to introduce President Clinton during Opening Ceremonies
4 at the 1995 World Games; and
5 WHEREAS, She has been featured on ESPN, Nickelodeon, CBS This
6 Morning with Charles Kuralt, ABC Wide World of Sports, The New
7 York Times and numerous other papers and magazines; therefore be
8 it
9 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
10 honor Loretta Claiborne on her induction into the Pennsylvania
11 Special Olympics Hall of Fame; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
13 Loretta Claiborne, 440 East King Street, Apartment 182, York,
14 Pennsylvania 17403.
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