0001|                        HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 2
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          Raymond G. Sanchez
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF L.F. "TOW"
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0012|     DIEHM.
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0013|          
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0014|          WHEREAS, Tow Diehm, whose name is synonymous with the
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0015|     university of New Mexico athletic program, succumbed to
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0016|     pancreatic cancer early on the morning of May 1, 1998; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, Tow served as the head trainer for Lobo
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0018|     athletics for thirty-one years beginning in 1957, and from
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0019|     1988 to the present, served as an associate athletic director
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0020|     at UNM and was instrumental in setting up a school to teach
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0021|     trainers; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, during that incredible span of forty-one years
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0023|     of his service to UNM, Tow shared his skills, his humor and,
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0024|     more importantly, his friendship with several generations of
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0025|     students and athletes; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, as is the case with all great teachers, Tow's
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0002|     influence is illustrated by the employment of many of his
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0003|     former students as head trainers at other schools and
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0004|     universities; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, in his capacity as associate athletic director,
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0006|     Tow's responsibilities included public relations work,
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0007|     fundraising and serving as the athletic department's liaison
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0008|     to the state legislature; and 
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0009|          WHEREAS, Tow played a significant role in acquiring state
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0010|     funds for the new athletic facility immediately adjacent to
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0011|     University stadium, which structure is known as the L.F. "Tow"
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0012|     Diehm Facility; and
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0013|          WHEREAS, Tow served as chairman of the National Trainers
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0014|     Association and was named a member of the UNM Athletic Hall of
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0015|     Honor, the Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame and the Helms
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0016|     Trainers Hall of Fame; and 
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0017|          WHEREAS, this loyal and gracious man truly embodied the
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0018|     Lobo spirit;
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0019|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0020|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that prayers and condolences be extended
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0021|     to Tow Diehm's wife, Pearl, and their two children, Teresa and
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0022|     Gary; and
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0023|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0024|     transmitted to his family.
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