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Senate
Resolution 625
By:
Senators Bulloch of the 11th, Meyer von Bremen of the 12th, Hooks of the 14th,
Johnson of the 1st, Shafer of the 48th and others
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Roy Bahl; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Roy Bahl is widely recognized throughout Georgia as the personification of
excellence in education; and
WHEREAS,
this premier professional is the founding dean of the Andrew Young School of
Policy Studies at Georgia State University and has served with honor and
distinction in this position for over 11 years; and
WHEREAS,
under his tenure the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies has risen rapidly to
rank 26th nationally among over 250 schools of public affairs and is one of the
most respected and influential centers of policy development and research in the
world; and
WHEREAS,
he has created a method of learning that spreads reform in ever widening
circles, and students from all over the world are attracted to the Andrew Young
School to study, return home, and become leaders in government, business, and
academics; and
WHEREAS,
he is a much sought after and internationally recognized expert on public
finance, fiscal policy, and economic development the world over and has
consulted on fiscal matters with governments in 36 developing and transition
countries, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the U.S.
Agency for International Development, the United Nations, and the World Bank;
and
WHEREAS,
he has been a pioneer and is today the leading international scholar in the
areas of state and local finance and fiscal decentralization, and his work has
redefined how the academic, investment, and governmental communities approach
fiscal policy design and practice; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the often unheralded yet dramatic
influence which professors and administrators such as Roy Bahl have on the
quality of education received by the undergraduate students of this state be
acknowledged appropriately.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body heartily
recognize Roy Bahl for his many years of unparalleled and unexcelled commitment
and singular contribution to the advancement of education in policy, finance,
and economics and commend him for his exemplary efforts to ensure the unequaled
quality of instruction received by the young people of this state.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Roy Bahl.