Bill 3361

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3361
Type of Legislation:               Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970204
Primary Sponsor:                   Quinn
All Sponsors:                      Quinn, Canty, Neal, Pinckney,
                                   Bowers, Lloyd, Inabinett and Harvin
                                   
Drafted Document Number:           bbm\9111jm.97
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:      19970205
Subject:                           Lieutenant General Lloyd W.
                                   Newton, Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970205  Received from Senate
Senate  19970205  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   19970204  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate

CONGRATULATING LIEUTENANT GENERAL LLOYD W. NEWTON, A NATIVE OF RIDGELAND, ON EARNING A FOURTH STAR AS A GENERAL IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.

Whereas, Lieutenant General Lloyd W. Newton, a native of Ridgeland, has earned a fourth star as a general in the United States Air Force; and

Whereas, General Newton will become commander of the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command on April 1, 1997; and

Whereas, he has also been nominated for promotion to full general; and

Whereas, he is currently assistant vice chief of staff for Headquarters Air Force in Washington, D.C. -- a position he has held since July, 1995; and

Whereas, he is a command pilot with more than four thousand flying hours in the T-37, T-38, F-4, F-15, F-16, F-117, and C-12 aircraft; and

Whereas, he has received many major awards and decorations, as well as numerous promotions, throughout his stellar career in the Air Force; and

Whereas, General Newton is an outstanding military man and has brought great distinction to himself, his family, his native Ridgeland and Jasper County, his State, and his country. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, congratulates Lieutenant General Lloyd W. Newton, a native of Ridgeland, on earning a fourth star as a general in the United States Air Force.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to General Newton.