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IN SR0011
Resolution
Status
1/18/2017
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Lanane
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AI Summary
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Memorializes Ron Bonham, recognizing his achievements as a basketball legend and public servant in Muncie, Indiana.
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Scored more than 2,000 career points for Muncie Central High School Bearcats and was named Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 1960.
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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.
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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.
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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