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State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2007 |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
NO.
1001
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Introduced by:
Representatives Deadrick, Ahlers, Boomgarden, Bradford, Brunner,
Buckingham, Burg, Carson, Cutler, Davis, Dennert, DeVries, Dykstra, Elliott,
Engels, Faehn, Feinstein, Gassman, Gillespie, Gilson, Glenski, Halverson,
Hanks, Hargens, Haverly, Heineman, Hills, Howie, Hunt, Jerke, Juhnke,
Kirkeby, Koistinen, Krebs, Lucas, Lust, McLaughlin, Miles, Moore, Nelson,
Noem, Novstrup (Al), Novstrup (David), Nygaard, Olson (Betty), Olson
(Russell), Olson (Ryan), Pederson (Gordon), Peters, Pitts, Putnam, Rausch,
Rave, Rhoden, Rounds, Sigdestad, Steele, Street, Thompson, Tidemann,
Turbiville, Van Etten, Van Norman, Vanneman, Vehle, Weems, Wick, and
Willadsen
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A RESOLUTION,
Honoring the life, achievements, and indomitable spirit of Doctor William
O. Farber, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of South Dakota.
WHEREAS,
Doctor William O. Farber passed away on March 24th at the venerable age of
ninety-six; and
WHEREAS,
Doctor Farber, during the last seventy-two years, forged a career in public
service in South Dakota so extensive, unique, multifaceted, and pervasive that it is not an
exaggeration to say that no other South Dakotan will ever duplicate it; and
WHEREAS,
Doctor Farber possessed the extraordinary capacity to blend a distinguished,
traditional academic career with continuous public service at the state, national, and municipal
levels; and
WHEREAS,
Doctor Farber literally wrote the book on South Dakota government, his text
"Government of South Dakota" being the ultimate civics textbook for generations of South
Dakotans; and
WHEREAS,
Doctor Farber's impish, but winning, personality captivated everyone that he
came in contact with from the lowliest University of South Dakota freshman to the most
powerful Washington powerbrokers; and
WHEREAS,
Doctor Farber never forgot a student, colleague, or public servant whose
acquaintance he had once made nor did anyone who had fallen under the spell of Farbs'
engaging charm ever forget him; and
WHEREAS,
Doctor Farber, who never had a family of his own, was surrogate father to an
extended family of thousands of "Farber boys" whose careers he guided and facilitated, taking
great pride in their accomplishments and advancements, especially if they chose the field of
public service; and
WHEREAS,
of all South Dakota institutions, the Legislature owes a special debt of gratitude
to Doctor Farber, who, in a major initiative to modernize and professionalize the South Dakota
Legislature, founded the Legislative Research Council and served as its first director and
principal staff from 1951 to 1955, and who continued to exert a benevolent influence over the
LRC and the legislative process for decades:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
by the House of Representatives of the Eighty-
second Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that all South Dakotans join the Legislature in
celebrating the life, personality, and career of Doctor William O. Farber; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the Executive Board of the Legislative Research
Council be directed to acquire a bust, portrait, or other suitable memorial of Doctor Farber for
display in the Legislative Research Council offices or in an appropriate legislative area of the
State Capitol.
