MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Carter

Senate Resolution 8

(As Adopted by Senate)

A RESOLUTION HONORING THE ENGINEERS OF MISSISSIPPI DURING NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK. 

WHEREAS, engineers have used their scientific and technical knowledge and skills in creative and innovative ways to fulfill society's needs; and

WHEREAS, engineers face the major technological challenges of our time, from rebuilding towns devastated by natural disasters to designing an information superhighway that will speed our country into the Twenty-First Century; and

WHEREAS, engineers are encouraging our young math and science students to realize the practical power of their knowledge; and

WHEREAS, we will look more than ever to engineers and their knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of the future; and

WHEREAS, the week of February 17-21 has been designated as National Engineers Week:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we honor our engineers during this National Engineers Week and express our thanks for the many ways in which their work enriches and improves our world.