A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,  Honoring Walter J. Schramm for being named as the 2001 Outstanding Older Worker for South Dakota.

     WHEREAS,  Walter Schramm was selected as South Dakota's Outstanding Older Worker for 2001 for his commitment to his home community and his commitment to service as an essential part of his business. Mr. Schramm is a longtime community leader and furniture store owner in Winner, South Dakota; and

     WHEREAS,  Mr. Schramm has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary International for fifty-five years, a lifetime member of the American Legion and VFW, member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, the South Dakota Retailers Association, the Winner Athletic Association, and the South Central Development Corporation. He served as Mayor of Winner in the 1970s, on the Winner School Board for fifteen years, and on the Business Advisory Council of the University of South Dakota School of Business for many years; and

     WHEREAS,  Walter Schramm serves as a truly outstanding example of the continuing contribution a person can make well past the normal age of retirement:

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,  by the Seventy-seventh Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that Walter Schramm be recognized and congratulated for being named 2001 Outstanding Older Worker for South Dakota.