HR 289 - William Crittenden Building; designate

First Reader Summary

A RESOLUTION designating the Central State Hospital building on Yarbrough Drive in Milledgeville, Georgia, as the William Crittenden Building; and for other purposes.

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Recorded Votes

• Vote # 196 ADOPT 02/24/97

HR 289                                             LC 25 0550 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Designating the Central State Hospital building on Yarbrough 
  1- 2  Drive in Milledgeville, Georgia, as the William Crittenden 
  1- 3  Building; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, the late William Crittenden was a native of 
  1- 5  Shellman, Georgia, who departed this life at his home in the 
  1- 6  north Georgia mountains in 1985; and 
 
  1- 7  WHEREAS, Mr. Crittenden served with distinction as 
  1- 8  superintendent of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, 
  1- 9  Georgia, from 1975 until his retirement in 1978; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, Mr. Crittenden first began working at what is now 
  1-11  known as Central State Hospital in 1949, and his tenure as 
  1-12  superintendent capped a stellar career of service in various 
  1-13  administrative positions at the hospital; and 
 
  1-14  WHEREAS, Mr. Crittenden's  career spanned a period of great 
  1-15  change for Central State Hospital and, through his tireless 
  1-16  efforts, virtually all of the buildings on the campus were 
  1-17  modernized to provide comfort for the clients there; and 
 
  1-18  WHEREAS, Mr. Crittenden worked diligently to improve the 
  1-19  lives of other people not only through his work on behalf of 
  1-20  the clients and staff at Central State Hospital but also 
  1-21  through his participation in the affairs of his community. 
 
  1-22  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  1-23  GEORGIA that the Central State Hospital building on 
  1-24  Yarbrough Drive in Milledgeville, Georgia, is designated and 
  1-25  named as the William Crittenden Building in honor of this 
  1-26  devoted public servant. 
 
  1-27  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  1-28  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  1-29  appropriate copy of this resolution to the commissioner of 
  1-30  the Department of Human Resources and to the family of 
  1-31  William Crittenden. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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