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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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PROCLAIMING JUNE 22, 2012, TO BE CAPTAIN RUSSELL P. KNIGHT DAY IN THE | |
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Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Felag, and Paiva Weed | |
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Date Introduced: May 17, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
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WHEREAS, Russell Knight was born into a distinguished Rhode Island family and has |
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endeavored his whole life to bring further honor to the family’s name. He attended Toll Gate |
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High School, where he earned varsity letters for soccer and ice hockey, and went on to pursue |
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postsecondary studies at the University of Rhode Island, where he graduated with a Bachelor of |
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Science degree in Civil/Ocean Engineering. In his excitement to begin his Naval career, Russell |
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actually skipped his URI graduation to enter Aviation Officer Candidate School in May, 1982; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Captain Knight served with extreme dedication and outstanding |
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accomplishments for three decades as a highly-decorated aviator and leader in the United States |
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Navy, including hazardous combat missions, service as an experimental test pilot, command of a |
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Navy fighter squadron, and command of the Naval Air Station in Meridian, Mississippi; and |
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WHEREAS, Captain Knight was elected and served for four years as President of the |
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11,000 member professional naval aviation Tailhook Association; and |
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WHEREAS, As Chief of Staff of the Naval War College, Captain Knight provided |
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dynamic leadership to the world’s foremost military education institution during a period of |
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unprecedented growth and renewal; and |
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WHEREAS, Captain Russell P. Knight is to be commended in the strongest possible |
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terms for his thirty years of honorable and dedicated service while upholding the ideals of the |
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citizens he was sworn to protect. His life of exemplary service as a son, husband, father, and |
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patriot reflect the highest traditions of the Naval Service, the State of Rhode Island, and the |
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United States of America; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby proclaims June 22, 2012, as “Captain Russell P. Knight Day” in the State of Rhode Island. |
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We join his wife, Mary Lou, and their two children in recognizing the many ways that Captain |
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Knight’s work has made Rhode Island a better, safer place; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate encourages all the citizens in the State to reflect on |
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Captain Knight’s accomplishments; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Captain Russell P. Knight. |
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