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<br />AI'PENDIX "E" <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT <br />ADMINISTRATION: <br /> <br />As members of the Arkansas River Compact Administration, we <br />note with sorrow the de<lth of George S. Kn;lpP who p:lssed :lwa}' on <br />Sert~mber 20, 1905, at an age lacking three I..by:; of RI }'C':lr.';;, <br /> <br />He is remembered by the Administration as Ol1e of its first members <br />:1ppointed 0f1 June 7, 1949, and serving until 1951, when he elected to <br />n:tir~ as Chief Engineer, Division of W;ltcr R('snur~cs. Kmsas State <br />Board of Agriculture. <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />Pril)r to the C'stahlishment of the AJmin;.:tr<ltion, Mr. KnOlpr W;lS <br />,1 Blcmba of the Colofitdo-Kan:3rt'5 Arkrm::;I:'- Riv.:-r Cnmp:l.ct Com mis- <br />:-i,)Il ~mJ participated in rlll of its dL'libcrati(ms heginning \vith his i1p~ <br />pointmt:'Ilt on Mar..:h 7, 1945 ;lnd continuing to the sig'nin!? of t'he' Com~ <br />P;\l't (Ill DC'ccmh~'r 14, lc)-/.~. <br /> <br />I~ <br />1= <br /> <br />In his work, as a member of the Commission Jllcl subsC'ljuently <br />eluring the carly period of establishment of tile Administration. he <br />:1pplied himself diligently to the .::olution of numerous complex problem~ <br />which were encountered. He wag trul}' a gentleman and a scholar <br />:lttaining eminence in his profession as a.n l:nginecr :loci held in high <br />esteem hy :111 who had the privilege of knowing him. <br /> <br />Members of the Arkansas RivC'f Compact Administration herewith <br />extend their deepest sympathy to the family of George S. Knapp. It is <br />directed that this resolution be spread upon the minute!' of t'his Adminis- <br />tr,ltion and that .1 copy thereof be sent to them. <br /> <br />11 <br />