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IN SR0011

Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/18/2017

Primary Sponsor

Timothy Lanane

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Memorializes Ron Bonham, recognizing his achievements as a basketball legend and public servant in Muncie, Indiana.

  • Scored more than 2,000 career points for Muncie Central High School Bearcats and was named Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 1960.

  • Won the 1962 NCAA championship with the University of Cincinnati and was named First-Team All American as a junior and Second-Team All American as a senior.

  • Played professionally for the Boston Celtics in two NBA championships and the Indiana Pacers starting in 1967; served three terms as Delaware County Commissioner and was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in November 1990.

  • Served as superintendent of Prairie Creek Reservoir for nearly 38 years and was voted the top local player of all time in a 1995 Muncie Evening Press poll with 80 percent of the vote.

Legislative Description

A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing the life of Ron Bonham, a basketball legend and Muncie public servant.

Last Action

First reading: adopted standing vote

1/18/2017

Full Bill Text

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