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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

THANKING DOUGLAS BRINKLEY FOR HIS INFORMATIVE AND INSPIRING VISIT TO

THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE AND CONGRATULATING HIM FOR TAKING

HOME THE GOLD AT THE 65TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Cortvriend, Chippendale,
Carson, Costantino, Shallcross Smith, Ajello, Kennedy, and Fogarty

     Date Introduced: March 09, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Douglas Brinkley is a Professor of History and the Katherine Tsanoff

Brown Chair in Humanities at Rice University. He is also a renowned author and two-time

Grammy Award winner; and

     WHEREAS, On Thursday, January 26th, Douglas Brinkley was welcomed and

recognized by the House Chamber for his innumerable achievements and informative discussions

with House members; and

     WHEREAS, On February 5th of 2023 at the 65th annual Grammy Awards, Mr. Brinkley

took home the gold in the Best Latin Jazz Album category for his work co-producing “Fandango

At The Wall In New York” by Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, featuring the

Conga Patria Son Jarocho Collective. In 2017, he won his first Grammy in the Best Large Jazz

Ensemble Album category for “Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom”; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his Grammys, Mr. Brinkley is an acclaimed best-selling

author of more than thirty books including “The Rosa Parks Story”, “Going Upriver”, "Tour of

Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War", “The Vatican Revealed”, “The Unfinished Presidency:

Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House”, “Gerald R. Ford”, “The Great Deluge:

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast” that received the Robert F.

Kennedy Book Award, and recently, “Cronkite” which won the Sperber Prize; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Brinkley is the official U.S. Presidential Historian, served

as Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization, is a history commentator

for CBS News and a contributing editor to the magazines "Vanity Fair" and "American Heritage";

and

     WHEREAS, For all his merited accomplishments, Douglas Brinkley is truly an

inspiration to us all and he is eminently worthy of our praise and acknowledgement; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

heartily congratulates Douglas Brinkley for his most recent Grammy Award and his innumerable

literary achievements. We moreover extend best wishes for his continued success, happiness and

good health; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Douglas Brinkley.

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