Introduced Version
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. _____
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing First Lady Susan
Bayh.
YODER, TAYLOR G, MELTON,
FORD J.D., LANANE, BREAUX,
RANDOLPH LONNIE M,
TALLIAN, QADDOURA,
NIEZGODSKI, MRVAN
, re ad first time and referred to Committee on
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First Regular Session 122nd General Assembly (2021)
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. _____
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing First
2 Lady Susan Bayh.
3 Whereas, Susan Bayh passed away on February 5, 2021, in
4 McLean, Virginia;
5 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh was born on November
6 28, 1959 in Whittier, California, to Robert (Bob) and Carol
7 Breshears;
8 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh grew up in La Canada,
9 California, where she was an honor student, class officer
10 throughout all four years of her attendance at La Canada High
11 School, an active cheerleader, and volleyball champion;
12 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh attended college at the
13 University of California Berkley, where she was a cheerleader,
14 member of Alpha Phi, Miss Southern California in 1978, and
15 a princess in the Rose Bowl Parade;
16 Whereas, After graduating from the University of
17 California Berkley in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in political
18 science, and having interned for Representative Pete Stark in
19 Washington, D.C., First Lady Susan Bayh went on to earn her
20 Juris Doctorate at the University of Southern California and
21 graduated in 1984;
22 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh had a successful career as
23 an attorney, practicing law at two of the most renowned law
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1 firms in America: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington,
2 D.C., and Barnes and Thornburg in Indianapolis;
3 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh met the love of her life,
4 Governor Birch Evans Bayh III, and the two married on April
5 13, 1985, and Governor Bayh and First Lady Susan Bayh, and
6 they would go on to serve two terms;
7 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh served as Indiana's
8 forty-sixth first lady, and was the youngest first lady in one
9 hundred fifty years and the only Indiana first lady in a century
10 to have children while her husband was in office, giving birth
11 to twin boys, Nicholas Harrison (Nick) and Birch Evans IV
12 (Beau) in 1995;
13 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh created a non-profit to
14 combat adult illiteracy, worked as an attorney for Eli Lilly,
15 where she handled the company's federal regulatory issues
16 from 1989 to 1994, did a weekly parenting segment for an
17 Indianapolis TV station, and taught at Butler University as a
18 distinguished visiting professor beginning in 1994;
19 Whereas, Beginning in 1994, First Lady Susan Bayh served
20 on fourteen boards for corporations ranging from
21 biotechnology to healthcare and telecommunications, and she
22 continued to be involved in higher education throughout her life
23 by serving on the board of trustees at Butler University, serving
24 on the Dean's Council at Indiana University's Paul H. O'Neill
25 School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and as an adjunct
26 Professor at her alma mater, the University of Southern
27 California, where she mentored students and helped law
28 students get public service internships;
29 Whereas, In 1994, First Lady Susan Bayh was appointed by
30 President Bill Clinton to serve as a Commissioner of the
31 International Joint Commission of the Water Treaty Act
32 between the United States and Canada, where she oversaw
33 compliance with environmental, water, and boundary treaties
34 until 2001;
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1 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh brilliantly and
2 successfully balanced public service, being a mother, and
3 having an extensive career;
4 Whereas, Throughout her two year and eight month battle
5 with cancer, First Lady Susan Bayh remained a positive,
6 courageous, and inspirational beacon of light, always showing
7 her love to others; and
8 Whereas, First Lady Susan Bayh leaves a legacy of
9 generosity, love, and hope, and her passing will be deeply
10 mourned by all those she knew, including her husband,
11 Governor Bayh, her two sons Nicholas Harrison Bayh and
12 Birch Evans Bayh IV, her parents Robert and Carol Breshears,
13 her brother Robert (Bob) Jr., her sisters Ann and Linda, and
14 her many nieces and nephews: Therefore,
15 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
16 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
17 concurring:
18 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly
19 memorializes First Lady Susan Bayh.
20 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
21 to transmit copies of this Resolution to First Lady Susan Bayh's
22 husband, Governor Bayh, and her sons, Birch Evans Bayh IV
23 and Nicholas Harrison Bayh.
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