GA SR842

Commends Representative Calvin Smyre for his induction into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame on January 24, 2014, during the tenth annual Trumpet Awards at the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site

Representative Smyre is a 40-year legislative veteran, Dean of the Georgia House, first elected at age 27, and serves on the Appropriations, Rules, and Higher Education committees

Authored legislation making Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a Georgia state holiday and creating the Georgia Dome, and was instrumental in passing the HOPE constitutional amendment and co-sponsoring the HOPE Scholarship Program

Holds a B.S. from Fort Valley State University, serves as executive vice president of Corporate External Affairs at Synovus Financial Corp., and is the immediate past president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators Foundation

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Representative Smyre