,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,lankford 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,inhofe7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,honoring the  
life and legacy of ,judge ,lee ,roy     
,west4  ,whereas ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west 
was born in ,clayton1 ,oklahoma1 on     
,november #bf1 #aibi1 and died on ,april
 #bd1 #bjbj1 in ,muskogee1 ,oklahoma2   
,whereas ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west was the 
youngest of #d children in a family he  
called too poor to paint and too proud  
to whitewash2 ,whereas ,judge ,lee ,roy 
,west graduated from ,antlers ,high     
,school in #aidh and hitchhiked to      
,norman1 ,oklahoma1 to attend the       
,university of ,oklahoma2 ,whereas      
,judge ,lee ,roy ,west received a       
bachelor of arts degree from the        
,university of ,oklahoma in #aieb2      
,whereas ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west         
graduated from ,harvard ,law ,school    

with a juris doctor in #aief and later  
earned a master of laws from ,harvard   
,law ,school in #aifc2 ,whereas ,judge  
,lee ,roy ,west served the ,united      
,states with the #crd ,marine ,division 
in ,japan and the #ast ,marine ,division
 in ,korea2 ,whereas ,judge ,lee ,roy   
,west practiced law-- 7#a7 in ,ada1     
,oklahoma1 from #aief to #aifa and from 
#aifc to #aife2 and  7#b7 in ,tulsa1    
,oklahoma1 from #aigh to #aigi2 ,whereas
 ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west taught law at   
the ,university of ,oklahoma ,college of
 ,law from #aifa to #aifb and was a     
,ford ,foundation fellow at ,harvard    
,law ,school from #aifb to #aifc2       
,whereas ,governor ,henry ,bellmon      
appointed ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west to     
serve as a ,state court judge for the   
#bbnd ,judicial ,district of ,oklahoma1 
where he served from #aife to #aigc2    
,whereas1 in #aigc1 ,president ,richard 
,nixon appointed ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west 
to the ,civil ,aeronautics ,board in    
,washington1 ,d4,c42 ,whereas1 on       

,september #bh1 #aigi1 ,president ,jimmy
 ,carter nominated ,judge ,lee ,roy     
,west to serve on the ,united ,states   
,district ,court for the ,western       
,district of ,oklahoma2 ,whereas the    
,senate confirmed the nomination of     
,judge ,lee ,roy ,west on ,october #ca1 
#aigi2 ,whereas ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west  
served as chief justice of the ,united  
,states ,district ,court for the        
,western ,district of ,oklahoma from    
#aiic to #aiid2 ,whereas ,judge ,lee    
,roy ,west served on the ,federal bench 
in ,oklahoma ,city for nearly #dj years2
 and ,whereas ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west was
 inducted into-- 7#a7 the ,field ,trial 
,hall of ,fame in ,grand ,junction1     
,tennessee in #bjjd2 and  7#b7 the      
,oklahoma ,hall of ,fame in #bjab3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate    
honors-- 7#a7 the life and legacy of    
,judge ,lee ,roy ,west2 and  7#b7 the   
commitment of ,judge ,lee ,roy ,west to 
his family1 the law1 ,oklahoma1 and the 
,united ,states4