MS SC555

Honors Jack Raymond Reed, Sr., a Tupelo businessman who passed away on January 27, 2016, at age 91, recognizing his contributions to public education and community development in Mississippi

Acknowledges Reed's service as Chair of the Special Committee on Public Education, which led to the Education Reform Act of 1982, and his role as Chair of Mississippi's first lay State Board of Education from 1982-1987

Recognizes Reed's founding role in the Community Development Foundation and CREATE Foundation (Mississippi's first community foundation), as well as LIFT, Inc., which established Tupelo's Head Start Program

Notes Reed's service as a U.S. Army veteran in World War II, his 1987 Republican gubernatorial campaign, and his appointment by President George H.W. Bush to head the National Advisory Committee on Education Research and Improvement

Directs the resolution be presented to Reed's surviving family and forwarded to the State Board of Education, Tupelo Mayor and Board of Aldermen, the Governor's Office, and Capitol Press Corps