IN SCR0072

Memorializes former Indiana State Senator Joseph W. Harrison, who passed away on December 2, 2010, at age 79

Senator Harrison represented Indiana's 23rd District for 40 years (1966-2006), serving as Senate Majority Leader for 25 years before assuming Emeritus status in 2005

Graduate of the United States Naval Academy (1956, top 10% of class), served with Naval Intelligence at the Pentagon, and was vice president of Harrison Steel Castings Company in Attica, Indiana

Authored landmark 1986 legislation protecting Indiana corporations from hostile takeovers, which was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court and became a model for at least 35 other states

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Harrison's wife Ann and their six children