HJR345 Summary

• Commends Michael P. Howley for more than three decades of professional achievement and distinguished service to Alabama State University upon his retirement.

• Recognizes Howley's creation of Theatre Major and Minor programs at ASU beginning in 1979, design assistance for the Fine Arts Building and Leila M. Barlow Theatre, and initiation of ASU's involvement in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and regional theatre conferences.

• Acknowledges Howley's direction of more than 250 plays at professional, university, high school, and community theatre levels and his unique status as the only Alabamian holding membership in both the American Theatre Critics Association and International Association of Theatre Critics.

• Highlights Howley's university service including Faculty Senator tenure, Chair of Faculty Senate in 2000, mentoring roles, and coordination of the International Summer Study Abroad Programme at the University of Stirling in Scotland.

• House adopted resolution 19-APR-11; Senate adopted 21-APR-11.