2011-2012 Bill 963: Joann Loveless - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 S. 963 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Matthews 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24879sd.docx 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4369 12 13 Introduced in the Senate on June 14, 2011 14 Adopted by the Senate on June 14, 2011 15 16 Summary: Joann Loveless 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 6/14/2011 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 22) 23 24 25 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 26 27 6/14/2011 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 12 OF JOANN LOVELESS, AND TO CONGRATULATE HER 13 UPON HER REELECTION AS GRAND BASILEUS OF SIGMA 14 GAMMA RHO SORORITY, INC. 15 16 Whereas, at the age of five, Joann Loveless relocated from New 17 York to Orangeburg to be reared by her aunt and uncle, and she 18 graduated from OrangeburgWilkinson High School in 1975; and 19 20 Whereas, after earning a bachelor’s degree in English from the 21 University of South Carolina, she was employed by South Carolina 22 Electric and Gas Company for fourteen years; and 23 24 Whereas, she later served Westinghouse Electric Company in 25 communications leadership and oversight of operations for the 26 company in France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, the 27 United Kingdom, and the United States; and 28 29 Whereas, her numerous leadership and business training courses 30 include the successful completion of the Duquesne University 31 Nonprofit Leadership Institute in Pennsylvania, and she is a 32 member of the International Association of Business 33 Communicators; and 34 35 Whereas, a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., for more 36 than thirty years, she has served on the sorority’s international 37 board of directors for fourteen years and for four years as the 38 international first grand antibasileus; and 39 40 Whereas, while in South Carolina, she served on the local board of 41 directors of the YWCA in the roles of secretary and vice president, 42 was active in the Assault on Literacy effort, served as the volunteer

[963] 2 1 editor of The South Carolinian, an AfricanAmerican literacy 2 newspaper, and was a board member of the Hitchcock 3 Rehabilitation Center in Aiken; and 4 5 Whereas, when she moved to Pittsburg ten years ago, she 6 continued her civic involvement as a board member of the 7 Monroeville Chamber of Commerce, the YWCA of Westmoreland 8 County, and the Three Rivers Foundation; and 9 10 Whereas, she currently serves as a member of Petra International 11 Ministries and on the advisory board of the Community College of 12 Allegheny County; and 13 14 Whereas, together with her beloved husband, Glenn, she reared 15 four fine children who have blessed them with six adoring 16 grandchildren; and 17 18 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are grateful 19 for the commitment that Joann Loveless has demonstrated to her 20 community and wish her continued success as the twentysecond 21 international grand basileus of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. 22 Now, therefore, 23 24 Be it resolved by the Senate: 25 26 That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, 27 recognize and honor the accomplishments of Joann Loveless, and 28 congratulate her upon her reelection as Grand Basileus of Sigma 29 Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. 30 31 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 32 Joann Loveless. 33 XX 34

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