Senate Resolution 4

A RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF BERNARD G. MCGINLEY AND CONGRATULATING HIM UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT.

WHEREAS, Bernard G. McGinley will officially retire after 48 years of dedicated and honorable federal service on January 23, 2004; and

WHEREAS, Bernard G. McGinley was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1935, the 12th of 13 children; and

WHEREAS, he graduated from Malden Catholic High School in Malden, Massachusetts, in June 1953; and

WHEREAS, he enlisted in the Air Force on June 30, 1955; and

WHEREAS, he arrived at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, for Automatic Tracking Radar Maintenance training and served there from November 1955 until July 1956; and

WHEREAS, he was assigned to Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and was cross-trained in teletype operations and then stationed at Sondrestrom Air Force Base in Greenland; and

WHEREAS, during his active duty, he served at bases overseas and on the mainland; and

WHEREAS, he was hand-selected to set up a new communications center for the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; and

WHEREAS, he returned to Keesler Air Force Base in October 1968 to attend Computer Maintenance School and stayed through Hurricane "Camille"; and

WHEREAS, he retired from active duty in September of 1975; and

WHEREAS, after retiring from active duty, he began his federal civil service career in August 1976 at the Veterans Administration Center in Biloxi, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, he returned to Keesler Air Force Base in April 1982; and

WHEREAS, he served in the Traffic Management Office and the Quality Assurance Section; and

WHEREAS, he served as Quality Assurance Inspector from May 1987 until the present; and

WHEREAS, in 1962 he married the "Love of his Life", Phyllis Moxley; and

WHEREAS, they have been married for 41 years and their union was blessed with three sons and one daughter, and they have six grandchildren; and

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Senate to recognize the dedicated service of the citizens of the State of Mississippi:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby commend the dedicated and honorable service of Bernard G. McGinley and congratulate him upon the occasion of his retirement.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to Bernard G. McGinley.