Florida Senate - 2009 (NP) SR 2132
By Senator Hill
1-00895-09 20092132__
1 Senate Resolution
2 A resolution honoring the outstanding academic,
3 athletic, and humanitarian accomplishments of Myron L.
4 Rolle.
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6 WHEREAS, Myron L. Rolle was recruited by Florida State
7 University from the Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey, as the
8 nation's Number One football recruit, and
9 WHEREAS, Myron Rolle is recognized by football coaches and
10 fans nationwide as a once-in-a-lifetime student athlete, having
11 distinguished himself both on and off the field, and
12 WHEREAS, Myron Rolle earned an undergraduate degree in pre
13 med in just 2 and 1/2 years and is currently studying for a
14 master's degree in public administration at Florida State
15 University, and
16 WHEREAS, Myron Rolle, as an undergraduate student at
17 Florida State University, conceived and won financial support
18 for a program that educates 5th grade students at Pemayety
19 Emahaky Charter School for Seminole Indians, in Okeechobee, on
20 physical fitness and health, and
21 WHEREAS, Myron Rolle was, on November 22, 2008, awarded a
22 prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which will afford him the
23 opportunity to study medical anthropology at Oxford University,
24 thus furthering the pursuit of his dream of one day opening a
25 medical clinic that will serve the poor in the Bahamas, and
26 WHEREAS, Myron Rolle, in the first 22 years of his life,
27 has consistently held himself to the highest standards,
28 including that expressed in the Oxford University motto, Dominus
29 illuminatio mea, “The Lord is My Light,” and exemplifies the
30 qualities of mind and qualities of a person that, together,
31 Oxford University recognizes as offering the promise of
32 effective service to the world in the decades ahead, NOW,
33 THEREFORE,
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35 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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37 That the Florida Senate commends Myron Rolle for the honor
38 and pride he has brought to Florida State University and to our
39 great state through his pursuit of excellence on the football
40 field, in the classroom, in the community, and as a citizen of
41 the world.
42 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
43 the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Myron Rolle as a
44 tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.