0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 52
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            JOSE R. ABEYTA
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0007|     
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0009|     
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
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0012|     MEXICO TO NAME THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY FOR FRANK A. "TONY"
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0013|     VIGIL.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, Tony Vigil was born in Mora on March 6, 1906;
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0016|     and
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0017|          WHEREAS, he graduated from Raton high school, attended
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0018|     the university of New Mexico, obtained his pharmacy degree
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0019|     from Capitol college of pharmacy in Denver, Colorado and
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0020|     worked in Albuquerque, Raton and Santa Fe as a pharmacist; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, he was elected probate judge in Colfax county in
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0022|     1932, and county treasurer in 1934, 1936 and 1940; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, he served as a state representative for two
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0024|     terms and introduced the bill that created the university of
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0025|     New Mexico college of pharmacy in 1947; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, he was the Bernalillo county manager from 1953
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0002|     to 1954; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, he served as commissioner of the bureau of
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0004|     revenue under governors Mechem and Cargo; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, he was a member of the New Mexico board of
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0006|     pharmacy, serving as its secretary in 1949-1950;
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0007|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0008|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the board of regents of the
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0009|     university of New Mexico be requested to name the college of
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0010|     pharmacy the Frank A. Vigil College of Pharmacy in honor of
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0011|     Tony Vigil; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the board of regents of the university of New
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0014|     Mexico.
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0015|                              
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