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SCR134.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LEONARD ARRINGTON - Recognizing the accomplishments of Leonard James
Arrington, a native son of the state of Idaho and Dean of Western
Historians.
03/02 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/03 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
03/16 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/17 House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
03/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19 3rd rdg - ADOPTED, voice vote
Title apvd - to enrol
03/22 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/23 To Secretary of State
SCR134|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 134 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2 RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF A NATIVE SON OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, LEONARD 3 JAMES ARRINGTON, AND JOINING WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES EXPRESS- 4 ING OUR SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR HIS MANY CONTRIBU- 5 TIONS. 6 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 WHEREAS, Leonard James Arrington, recognized as the Dean of Western 8 Historians, died Thursday, February 11, 1999, at his home in Salt Lake City, 9 Utah; and 10 WHEREAS, Dr. Arrington was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, on July 2, 1917, the 11 third of Noah and Edna Arrington's eleven children; and 12 WHEREAS, he was a graduate of the University of Idaho in 1939, a Phi Beta 13 Kappa majoring in agricultural economics; and 14 WHEREAS, following further education in economics and history, and service 15 in World War II, Leonard Arrington began a classroom teaching career at Utah 16 State University where he taught for twenty-six years and profoundly influ- 17 enced the education of thousands of students; and 18 WHEREAS, Dr. Arrington was appointed to the position of Church Historian 19 by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and during his tenure he 20 encouraged research opportunities in western and church history and began the 21 first studies of Mormon Women's History; and 22 WHEREAS, as reported in the obituary in the "New York Times," Dr. 23 Arrington was the author of twenty-one books on American, Western and Mormon 24 history and published hundreds of articles in professional journals. Many of 25 these works involved Idaho. As a Fulbright professor at the University of 26 Genoa, Italy, he wrote "Introduzione Alla Storia Economica Degli Stati Uniti," 27 published in Genoa in 1959. For publisher Alfred Knopf Co., in 1985, he wrote 28 the definitive biography of "Brigham Young: American Moses." Many historians 29 believe his Ph.D. dissertation in economics, published by the Harvard Univer- 30 sity Press as "Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day 31 Saints, 1830-1900," to be the single best history of the Great Basin region in 32 the nineteenth century. Every week for twenty-eight years, until his death, he 33 wrote a letter to his children; and 34 WHEREAS, in 1990, the Idaho Legislature commissioned Leonard James 35 Arrington to compile a bicentennial history of his native state which he com- 36 pleted with distinction in his two-volume book, "History of Idaho" published 37 by the Idaho State Historical Society and the University of Idaho Press; and 38 WHEREAS, Leonard James Arrington was respected as a fine historian with an 39 inquiring mind, as a genuine individual with a unique ability to inspire 40 others, and as a friend and colleague by many. 41 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session 42 of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa- 43 tives concurring therein, that the Legislature recognizes the accomplishments 44 of a native son of the state of Idaho, Leonard James Arrington, and join with 2 1 his many friends and colleagues in expressing our sympathy to his family and 2 our appreciation for his many contributions. 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is 4 hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the 5 family of Leonard James Arrington, his wife Harriet Horne Arrington, and his 6 children James, Carl and Susan.