LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Tina Johnson upon the occasion of her
designation for special recognition at the 4th Annual Salute to Women of
Valor on May 12, 2011

WHEREAS, The State of New York is home to countless women who have
contributed to the advancement of our culture through their traditional
and non-traditional roles in society; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay
tribute to those Women of Valor within the Empire State who have made
strong contributions to their communities and who inspire others through
their model citizenship; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Tina
Johnson upon the occasion of her designation for special recognition at
the 4th Annual Salute to Women of Valor to be held at Brooklyn College's
Student Union on Thursday, May 12, 2011; and
WHEREAS, Women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made
historic contributions to the growth and strength of New York State in
countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body has set aside time to recognize the
unique contributions that valiant women have made to this great Empire
State and its society; and
WHEREAS, Born in Brooklyn, New York, Tina Johnson graduated from
George Wingate High School and later received an Executive Secretarial
Science degree; and
WHEREAS, Tina Johnson began her career in banking at Manufacturers
Hanson Trust Company, and Chemical Bank where she remained in the bank-
ing industry until the mid-nineties; and
WHEREAS, Tina Johnson was later employed by Wayside Boulevard Senior
Center; her love of Seniors has been very satisfying work, second only
to her love for her late husband and best friend, Dwight Williams, whom
she was happily married to for twenty-six years; and
WHEREAS, A member of Greater Bright Light Missionary Baptist Church,
where Dr. H. Devore Chapman is Pastor, Tina Johnson is a missionary as
well as one of the supervisors for the youth choir; and
WHEREAS, Tina Johnson's personal motto is, live each day to the full-
est and live it as if it were your last, To God Be the Glory; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is pleased to have this opportunity to
express its highest admiration for Tina Johnson, and to wish her contin-
ued success in all of her future endeavors; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of
this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Tina Johnson upon the occasion of her designation for special
recognition at the 4th Annual Salute to Women of Valor; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Tina Johnson.