0001|                    HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 68
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                           BEN LUJAN
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     EXPRESSING THE SORROW AND CONDOLENCE OF THE LEGISLATURE AT THE
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0013|     DEATH OF FORMER SENATOR EDMUNDO R. DELGADO.
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0014|     
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0015|       WHEREAS, Edmundo R. Delgado passed away July 3, 1995 at the
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0016|     age of sixty-two in his home in Santa Fe; and
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0017|       WHEREAS, Edmundo Delgado was affectionately known as
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0018|     "Mundie" by his colleagues and many friends; and
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0019|       WHEREAS, Mundie is survived by his wife Linda and four
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0020|     children, Mark, James, Stephanie and Melinda; and
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0021|       WHEREAS, Mundie was a member of the house of
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0022|     representatives for two years and of the senate for six years;
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0023|     and
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0024|       WHEREAS, he worked in radio, television, advertising and
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0025|     public relations, and he counted among his best achievements the
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0001|     creation of the New Mexico law enforcement academy and the film
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0002|     commission; and
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0003|       WHEREAS, Mundie was nationally recognized when he won the
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0004|     1980 businessman of the year award from the United States
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0005|     Hispanic chamber of commerce; and
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0006|       WHEREAS, he was a research associate at the university of
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0007|     New Mexico's center for Southwest research and Spanish colonial
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0008|     research center and he wrote for and edited the New Mexico blue
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0009|     book; and
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0010|       WHEREAS, he was a tireless promoter of New Mexico and its
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0011|     Spanish heritage and was devoted to molding the state's diverse
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0012|     ethnic groups into a better union; and
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0013|       WHEREAS, Mundie was known as a great storyteller, and
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0014|     shortly before his death he said, "It's important to keep our
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0015|     stories alive, it's our stories that survive us all";
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0016|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0017|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Edmundo Delgado's stories be remembered
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0018|     and his presence among and inspiration to us never be forgotten;
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0019|     that his devotion to his state and heritage be honored and
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0020|     continued by us, his colleagues and proteges; and that his
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0021|     legacy be respected for the ideals he strove to fulfill in his
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0022|     service to the state and all of its people; and
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0023|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature hereby extend
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0024|     its heartfelt condolence and deepest sympathy to Linda and the
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0025|     family and friends of Mundie; he is missed by us all; and
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0001|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0002|     transmitted to his wife Linda and his children.
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