IN HR0043

Indiana House Resolution honors State Representative B. Patrick Bauer, first elected in 1970 and the first member of either chamber to serve 50 years in the Indiana General Assembly

Served as Speaker of the House from 2002-2004 and 2006-2010, and held positions as minority leader, assistant minority leader, and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee (1990-1994, 1996-2002)

Second-generation legislator born in LaPorte, Indiana in 1944; his father served in the House (1965-1970) and Senate (1973-1976)

Worked 33 years for South Bend School Corporation as an English teacher and administrator, and later as vice president of external partnerships for Ivy Tech Community College

Resolution directs the Principal Clerk to transmit copies to Representative Philip GiaQuinta for distribution