SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1825
A Resolution congratulating and commending Major General James F. Rueger.
WHEREAS, Major General James F. Rueger, who served as the Ad-
jutant General of the State of Kansas until February 10, is retiring March
1; and
WHEREAS, As Adjutant General, General Rueger headed the Kansas
Army and Air National Guard and the Division of Emergency Manage-
ment. General Rueger has served in the National Guard for 42 years, and
his over eight years' service as Adjutant General is exceeded by only two
other Adjutant Generals. He has the distinction of being the Adjutant
General under three governors, Mike Hayden, Joan Finney and Bill
Graves; and
WHEREAS, General Rueger was elected in December as chairman
of the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee, made up of five generals
each from the National Guard, Army Reserve and active Army. He also
is a member of the Total Army Analysis Study Group within the policy
committee; and
WHEREAS, General Rueger plans to live with his wife, Kathie, at
their Beattie farm home. Currently Mrs. Rueger teaches music in the
Beattie schools. The Ruegers have two children, John, of Olathe, a captain
in the 2nd/130th Field Artillery Battalion, and Jennifer Downard, of To-
peka, and one grandchild: Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we congrat-
ulate and commend Major General James F. Rueger upon his retirement
as the Adjutant General for the State of Kansas and upon completion of
42 years of service with the Kansas National Guard; and
Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
to provide an enrolled copy of this resolution to Major General James F.
Rueger, 2800 SW Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, Kansas 66611-1287.
Senate Resolution No. 1825 was sponsored by Senators Hardenburger,
Barone, Becker, Biggs, Bleeker, Bond, Brownlee, Clark, Corbin, Dono-
van, Downey, Emert, Feleciano, Gilstrap, Gooch, Goodwin, Harrington,
Hensley, Huelskamp, Jones, Jordan, Kerr, Langworthy, Lawrence, Lee,
Morris, Oleen, Petty, Praeger, Pugh, Ranson, Salisbury, Salmans, Steffes,
Steineger, Stephens, Tyson, Umbarger, Vidricksen and VratilI hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the SENATE,
and was adopted by that body
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