South Carolina General Assembly

116th Session, 2005-2006

H. 3571

STATUS INFORMATION

House Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Thompson, Agnew, Allen, Altman, Anderson, Anthony, Bailey, Bales, Ballentine, Barfield, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Breeland, G.Brown, J.Brown, R.Brown, Cato, Ceips, Chalk, Chellis, Clark, Clemmons, Clyburn, Coates, CobbHunter, Coleman, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Duncan, Edge, Emory, Frye, Funderburk, Govan, Hagood, Haley, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hayes, Herbkersman, J.Hines, M.Hines, Hinson, Hiott, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Jennings, Kennedy, Kirsh, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lucas, Mack, Mahaffey, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McLeod, Merrill, Miller, MoodyLawrence, J.H.Neal, J.M.Neal, Neilson, Norman, Ott, Owens, Parks, Perry, Phillips, Pinson, E.H.Pitts, M.A.Pitts, Rhoad, Rice, Rivers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Scott, Simrill, Sinclair, Skelton, D.C.Smith, F.N.Smith, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, J.R.Smith, W.D.Smith, Stewart, Talley, Taylor, Toole, Townsend, Tripp, Umphlett, Vaughn, Vick, Viers, Walker, Weeks, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Wilkins, Witherspoon and Young

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Introduced in the House on February 16, 2005

Adopted by the House on February 16, 2005

Summary: Guy Davenport

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

2/16/2005HouseIntroduced and adopted HJ22

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/16/2005

A HOUSE RESOLUTION

EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS OF THE LATE ANDERSON NATIVE AND MAN OF LETTERS, GUY DAVENPORT.

Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the passing on January 4, 2005, of Guy Davenport; and

Whereas, Guy Mattison Davenport, Jr., was born in Anderson on November 23, 1927, the younger child of Guy Mattison Davenport and Marie Fant Davenport, and younger brother of sister, Gloria Williamson, who resides in Anderson; and

Whereas, this Anderson native was an extraordinarily gifted individual - a “many-sided author, painter, teacher, and scholar” as he was described in his obituary in the New York Times; and

Whereas, Professor Davenport took his undergraduate degree at Duke University, where he studied art and majored in classics and English literature, won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1948 matriculating at Merton College, Oxford, where he wrote the first thesis on James Joyce to be accepted by the university and earned a degree in literature; and

Whereas, after a two-year stint serving in the United States Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps, he began a long academic career that began at Washington University in St. Louis, with time out to earn a Ph.D. in English literature from Harvard University, then continued at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, and from 1943 until his retirement in 1991, at the University of Kentucky; and

Whereas, in 1963, he published his first book, “The Intelligence of Louis Agassiz: A Specimen Book of Scientific Writings” (Beacon) followed by four dozen books, including several he illustrated; and

Whereas, his intellectual gifts won him a wide following among serious scholars of the language and even brought him in 1990 a McArthur Foundation “genius” award; and

Whereas, it is appropriate for the members of the House of Representatives to pause in their deliberations to note the passing of so distinguished a son of South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the House of Representatives, by this resolution, express their sympathy to the family and many friends of the late Anderson native and man of letters, Guy Davenport.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Professor Davenport’s beloved sister, Mrs. Gloria Williamson of Anderson.

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