MS HC136

Commends Reverend Donald E. Wildmon for his service as founder and chairman emeritus of the American Family Association and American Family Radio, announced his retirement on March 3, 2010

Recognizes the American Family Association as a nonprofit organization founded in 1977 that has grown to include 180 radio stations, a $20 million budget, a monthly magazine with 180,000 circulation, and over 2 million internet supporters

Acknowledges Wildmon's 32-year tenure promoting traditional family values, opposing television programs he considered immoral, and advocating for media integrity, preservation of marriage and family, and sanctity of human life

Notes Wildmon's educational background as a 1960 Millsaps College graduate and 1965 Emory University Candler School of Theology master of divinity recipient, and his service as an ordained Methodist minister and United States Army member

Directs distribution of the resolution to Reverend Wildmon, the American Family Association, and Capitol Press Corps