HR 9007

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing and honoring the outstanding
3	public service and lifetime achievements of Frederick H.
4	Schultz.
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6	WHEREAS, Frederick H. Schultz, a Jacksonville native born
7	on January 16, 1929, was a graduate of Jacksonville's Bolles
8	School and Princeton University and attended the University of
9	Florida College of Law, and
10	WHEREAS, before entering law school, Frederick H. Schultz
11	joined the United States Army, serving as an artillery officer
12	in the Korean Conflict and earning a Bronze Star, and
13	WHEREAS, Frederick H. Schultz embarked on a remarkable
14	business career that included founding Florida Wire and Cable,
15	Platt Pontiac, and Florida Trend Magazine and serving as a
16	director of Barnett Bank, American Heritage Life, Southeast
17	Atlantic Beverage, Transco Energy, and Florida Steel, and
18	WHEREAS, Frederick H. Schultz was elected to the Florida
19	House of Representatives in 1963, where his leadership abilities
20	were immediately recognized and he enjoyed a rapid rise to
21	prominence, culminating with his election as Speaker of the
22	House of Representatives in 1968, and
23	WHEREAS, a longtime advocate of education, Frederick H.
24	Schultz sponsored legislation that created the University of
25	North Florida and what is now Florida State College at
26	Jacksonville and worked to improve the method for funding public
27	education, and
28	WHEREAS, focused on education as a vehicle for improving
29	the community, Frederick H. Schultz established the Schultz
30	Center for Teaching and Leadership, a professional development
31	facility for teachers and school leaders in Northeast Florida,
32	and
33	WHEREAS, United States President Jimmy Carter nominated
34	Frederick H. Schultz to the Federal Reserve Board and, as
35	President Carter's "right-hand man at the Fed" from 1979 to
36	1982, Frederick H. Schultz helped set the nation's monetary
37	policy, and
38	WHEREAS, during his many years of service to his community,
39	Frederick H. Schultz served as Chairman of the Jacksonville Area
40	Chamber of Commerce and spearheaded the founding of Leadership
41	Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Community Council, and
42	WHEREAS, Frederick H. Schultz died on November 23, 2009,
43	leaving a distinguished legacy of excellence in business and
44	public service to community, state, and country, NOW, THEREFORE,
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46	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
47	Florida:
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49	That the House of Representatives recognizes and honors the
50	outstanding public service and lifetime achievements of
51	Frederick H. Schultz.
52	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
53	presented to Mrs. Nancy Schultz as a tangible token of the
54	sentiments expressed herein.

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