SENATE RESOLUTION

                                 1998-8726

By Senators Winsley, Hale, Sellar, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Heavey, B. Sheldon, Kohl, Loveland, Sellar, Deccio, Horn, Snyder, Prince, Bauer, Schow, McCaslin and Wojahn

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen is a man of character, intelligence, courage, integrity, initiative, charm, and compassion, who has made significant contributions to the growth and development of the state of Washington and to the quality of state government; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen is a native son of the state of Washington, having been born and raised in Onalaska, Washington; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen majored in mathematics and received his college degree in education from Western Washington University; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen contributed to the growth and education of our youth as a teacher of mathematics and as an athletics coach at Bethel High School and Onalaska High School; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen, in 1973, commenced employment with the Washington State Legislature as staff for the Senate Ways and Means Committee, hired by then-Committee Staff Director, Governor Mike Lowry; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen served as Staff Director of the Senate Ways and Means Committee under the chairmanship of Senator Hubert Donahue, establishing a legacy of excellence for legislative staff that remains the standard today; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen, in 1979, was appointed by Governor Dixie Lee Ray and confirmed by the Washington State Senate as the Director of the Office of Financial Management; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen, in 1982, became the Assistant State Treasurer, serving under State Treasurer Robert O'Brien and State Treasurer Daniel Grimm and contributing significantly to the financial health of Washington state government; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen served as a member and the vice-chairman of the Higher Education Coordinating Board from 1986 to 1993; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen, in 1993, retired from state employment following over thirty years of service; and

      WHEREAS, Lyle Jacobsen began a new career in government affairs, representing the interests of both the finance and the housing industries; and

      WHEREAS, Members of the Senate will miss Lyle Jacobsen's "institutional memory" when he retires on March 12, 1998, from government affairs;

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate recognize and honor Martin Lyle Jacobsen for his longstanding contribution to state government; and

      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to the Governor of the State of Washington, to the State Treasurer, to the Director of the Office of Financial Management, to the Director of the Higher Education Coordinating Board, to the Director of the Department of Financial Institutions, to the Director of the Housing Finance Commission, to the Washington Savings League, and to Lyle Jacobsen and his wife, children, and grandchildren.

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate,

do hereby certify that this is a true and

correct copy of Senate Resolution 1998-8726,

adopted by the Senate March 11, 1998.

MIKE O=CONNELL

Secretary of the Senate