KY SR14

Senate resolution adjourning in honor and loving memory of David Delvin Drake (May 4, 1940 – Mount Sterling, Kentucky), who served as Kentucky's first Secretary of the Department of Energy

Drake co-founded what became the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER) and served on its advisory board

Career included roles at East Kentucky Power Cooperative as assistant industrial development director and later Business Development Manager, plus service on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Planning Commission

University of Kentucky graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics who pursued extensive postgraduate work

Directs the Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Reginald Thomas for delivery to Drake's surviving family