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Commends and congratulates Don E. Mason of Gulfport, Mississippi, for his selection as 2009-2010 Chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association

Mason is a business development and governmental relations consultant for Seemann Composites, Inc., and Pickering, Inc., and retired Vice President of External Affairs and Corporate Services for Mississippi Power Company after 40 years of service

Earned bachelor's degrees in industrial engineering and business administration from Mississippi State University in 1964 and a master's degree in business administration from MSU in 1965

Serves on numerous civic and professional organization boards and is a past President of the Mississippi State University College of Business Executive Advisory Board

Directs that the resolution be presented to Mason and the Mississippi Manufacturers Association Board of Directors and made available to the Capitol Press Corps