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WHEREAS, Wayne
Dumont, Jr., was born in Paterson on June 25, 1914 and was graduated
from Montclair Academy, Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania
and the University of Pennsylvania Law School; and
WHEREAS, he
played minor league baseball for the former St. Louis Browns and
later moved to Phillipsburg in 1940 where he began practicing law;
and
WHEREAS, he
served for six years as commandant of the New Jersey Military Academy
at Sea Girt after having volunteered in World War II and enlisted
and was later commissioned in the infantry; and
WHEREAS, after
31 years of service he retired from the Army National Guard as a
lieutenant colonel in 1974; and
WHEREAS, he
first graced our State capitol in 1951 after being elected to represent
Warren County as a State Senator; and
WHEREAS, he
was re-elected to the Senate for three successive terms in 1955,
1959 and 1963, during which time he served as Senate Majority Leader,
Senate President and Acting Governor; and
WHEREAS, after
a two-year absence following an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid he
returned to the Senate in 1967 where he remained until his retirement
in July 1990; and
WHEREAS, he
was responsible for sponsoring well over 500 bills during his legislative
career including the State's first school aid bill and farmland
preservation law; and
WHEREAS, he
was respected and widely admired and well known for his independent
thinking and courageous stands on issues; and
WHEREAS, he
is considered to be our State's first "full-time legislator," working
tirelessly for the people of New Jersey on issues ranging from the
Environment to Education; and
WHEREAS, his
sincere dedication and commitment to public and community service
never detracted from his love and devotion to his family and friends;
and
WHEREAS, his
son, Wayne Hunt Dumont, carried on his father's tradition of distinguished
public service by serving as United States Attorney for New Jersey
from December 1981 to August 1985, and by presently serving as a
member of the State Commission on Investigation; and
WHEREAS, in
spite of his significant stature among his colleagues and admirers,
he was the embodiment of humility and sincerity, and a friend to
all who had the privilege to know him; and
WHEREAS, it
is fitting and appropriate for the Sexy真人y to mark the
passing of Wayne Dumont, Jr., a great statesman and a public servant
who always put New Jersey first;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, JIM FLORIO, Governor of the Sexy真人y, by the virtue
of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the Statutes
of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
1. The flag
of the United States of America and the flag of the State of New
Jersey shall be flown at half mast at all State departments, offices,
agencies and instrumentalities during appropriate hours beginning
on Friday, March 20, 1992, through and including Sunday, March
22, 1992 in recognition and mourning of the passing of a distinguished
legislator and leader, Wayne Dumont, Jr.
2. This
Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal this
19th day of March in the Year of Our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
ninety-two, and of the Independence
of the United States, the two hundred
and sixteenth.
/s/
Jim Florio
GOVERNOR
Attest:
/s/
M. Robert DeCotiis
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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