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MO HCR27

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

3/31/2015

Primary Sponsor

Joe McGaugh

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates April 24, 2016, as "Alpha Gamma Rho Day" in Missouri to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Theta Chapter's founding at the University of Missouri-Columbia

  • Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity was founded on April 4, 1908, when 16 men from Ohio State and University of Illinois signed the charter at an international livestock competition in Chicago

  • The Theta Chapter, established April 24, 1916, was the third Alpha Gamma Rho chapter west of the Mississippi River and the eighth chapter nationally

  • Theta Chapter alumni have held positions including U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives member, Missouri Department of Agriculture director, and Dean of MU's College of Agriculture

  • The chapter has received the national Maynard Coe Chapter Efficiency Award twice and the University of Missouri Excellence Cup in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2012

Legislative Description

Designates April 24, 2016, as "Alpha Gamma Rho Day" in Missouri

Last Action

Referred: Senate Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions, and Ethics(S)

4/1/2015

Committee Referrals

Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions, and Ethics4/1/2015
Select Committee on Commerce2/19/2015
Trade and Tourism2/2/2015

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