SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 32
(By Senator Burdette, Mr. President)
Commemorating the public service of the Honorable Earl M.
Vickers, former member of the West Virginia House of
Delegates and the present director of Legislative Services.
Whereas, The Honorable Earl M. Vickers of Montgomery,
Fayette County, West Virginia, was born April 30, 1923, the son
of Charles and Helen (Montgomery) Vickers; and
Whereas, The Honorable Earl M. Vickers was educated in
public schools of Montgomery. He attended the West Virginia
Institute of Technology, the University of Richmond and
Washington and Lee University, where he received an LLB degree;
and
Whereas, The Honorable Earl M. Vickers was married June 28,
1947, to Betty (Beach) Vickers, with whom he has shared the joy
of having four children: Henry, Montgomery, Frank, and Helen Ann;
and
Whereas, The Honorable Earl M. Vickers was elected to the
West Virginia House of Delegates from Fayette County in 1960,
1962 and 1964, and served as Majority Leader of the House in
1965; and
Whereas, In July, 1965, the Honorable Earl M. Vickers
resigned from the House of Delegates to assume the duties as
director of a newly created office of Legislative Services,created by the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, a
statutory authority of the West Virginia Legislature; and
Whereas, For almost three decades the legislative expertise
of the Honorable Earl M. Vickers has been a prominent force in
the operation of the West Virginia Legislature by his efficient
administration of the office of Legislative Services, which
includes central bill drafting, one of the most crucial
operations of the legislative process that includes actually
structuring an idea into legislation to be considered by the
Legislature. His position as director also made him a statutory
member of the governing council of the West Virginia Law
Institute, whose purpose is to promote and encourage the
clarification and simplification of West Virginia law; and
Whereas, The Honorable Earl M. Vickers has announced that he
will retire from public service on April 16, 1993, bringing to an
end a long and dedicated career to the West Virginia Legislature
and the state of West Virginia in which he has served with
distinction; therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature:
That the Legislature hereby gratefully acknowledges the long
and dedicated public service of the Honorable Earl M. Vickers,
whose prominence in and dedication to West Virginia legislative
process has spanned nearly three decades, and whose legal and
legislative expertise has made the West Virginia Legislature a
model in the nation; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the HonorableEarl M. Vickers, attorney, former legislator, the first director
the office of Legislative Services and distinguished West
Virginian.