South Carolina General Assembly

120th Session, 2013-2014

H. 4107

STATUS INFORMATION

House Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Gilliard, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A.Brown, R.L.Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A.Crawford, K.R.Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Kennedy, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S.McLeod, W.J.McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, H.L.Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Powers Norrell, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, J.R.Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood

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Introduced in the House on May 14, 2013

Adopted by the House on May 14, 2013

Summary: Troy Dawson

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number

5/14/2013 House Introduced and adopted (House Journalpage10)

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/14/2013

A HOUSE RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR TROY DAWSON FOR MORE THAN TWENTYFIVE YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SATELLITEPROJECT MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON BEING NAMED PRESIDENT OF SPECTROLAB, INC.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were pleased to learn that in August 2012 Troy Dawson was named president of the solar cell and panel manufacturer of the Boeing subsidiary, Spectrolab, Inc.; and

Whereas, with more than twentyfive years of experience in efficiently and effectively directing highperformance teams, Mr. Dawson will lead Spectrolab, whose concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) cells can be found on every continent of the world and in nearly every CPV system currently in operation worldwide; and

Whereas, before taking the helm of Spectrolab, Mr. Dawson managed the overall engineering and operations of satellite infrastructure as the director of satellite bus products at Boeing; and

Whereas, he has served as deputy program director for the Boeing Wideband Global SATCOM Block II program and has held management and engineering roles on Boeing’s satellite product lines; and

Whereas, as the world’s leading supplier of highenergy efficiency multijunction cells and panels for CPV spacecraft power, Spectrolab manufactures products for terrestrial applications and solar simulators and is the world’s leading provider of airborne searchlight systems; and

Whereas, Mr. Dawson will lead Spectrolab’s continuous improvements, such as the company’s ongoing factory modernization and automation, which are vital to reducing production time and costs and lead to increased customer satisfaction; and

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for the significant expertise and commitment that Troy Dawson brings to Spectrolab, Inc., and the members wish him continued success as its president. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor Troy Dawson for more than twentyfive years of outstanding satelliteproject management, engineering, and development experience and congratulate him on being named president of Spectrolab, Inc.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to Troy Dawson.

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