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SENATE COMMEMORATION
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| Introduced by: Senators Valandra, Albers, Benson, Bogue, Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Daugaard, Dennert, Drake, Dunn (Jim), Dunn (Rebecca), Duxbury, Everist, Flowers, Frederick, Hainje, Halverson, Ham, Hutmacher, Kleven, Kloucek, Lange, Lawler, Madden, Moore, Munson (David), Olson, Paisley, Reedy, Rounds, Shoener, Staggers, Symens, Vitter, and Whiting and Representatives Hagen, Apa, Broderick, Brooks, Brown (Jarvis), Brown (Richard), Burg, Cerny, Chicoine, Clark, Crisp, Cutler, Davis, Derby, Diedrich (Larry), Diedtrich (Elmer), Duenwald, Duniphan, Earley, Eccarius, Engbrecht, Fischer-Clemens, Fitzgerald, Fryslie, Garnos, Haley, Hanson, Hennies, Hunt, Jaspers, Juhnke, Kazmerzak, Klaudt, Koehn, Koetzle, Konold, Kooistra, Koskan, Lintz, Lockner, Lucas, McCoy, McIntyre, McNenny, Michels, Monroe, Munson (Donald), Nachtigal, Napoli, Patterson, Peterson, Pummel, Putnam, Richter, Roe, Sebert, Slaughter, Smidt, Solum, Sutton (Daniel), Sutton (Duane), Volesky, Waltman, Weber, Wilson, Windhorst, Wudel, and Young |
A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,
Honoring the late Robert Penn, who passed away on
February 7, 1999, for his artistic contributions to American Indian culture and the State of South
Dakota.
WHEREAS,
Robert Penn of Vermillion, South Dakota, graduated from St. Francis High School
in 1966 and received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of South Dakota in 1974, and
for twenty-five years thereafter was one of the state's most prominent contemporary artists; and
WHEREAS,
the theme of Robert Penn's work communicated the efforts of traditional Indian
culture to cope with the urban twentieth century. This art reflected Robert Penn's personal quest, and
it suggests the sadness he often found in this struggle; and
WHEREAS,
Robert Penn's art is displayed at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., the
Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Vincent Price Gallery in Chicago. South Dakota also had the
honor of inducting him into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 1998:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,
by the Seventy-fourth Legislature of the
State of South Dakota, that Robert Penn be remembered and honored for his achievements and
contributions to his culture and the State of South Dakota.
