LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Betty Lapp upon the occasion of being
honored by the Boy Scouts of America Iroquois Trail Council as a 2012
Distinguished Citizen at its 37th Annual BoyPower Dinner on May 23, 2012

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay
tribute to individuals who faithfully devote their purposeful energies
to fostering opportunities and contributing to the quality of life for
the youth of the community; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
Betty Lapp upon the occasion of being honored by the Iroquois Trail
Council of Boy Scouts of America as the Genesee County 2012 Distin-
guished Citizen at its 37th Annual BoyPower Dinner, to be held at Gene-
see Community College in Batavia, New York, on Wednesday, May 23, 2012;
and
WHEREAS, Though she was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Betty Lapp's
parents were originally from Batavia, New York; she met her future
husband, who was from the Batavia area, while attending college; she
earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Niagara University
and a Master of Science degree in Community Health Nursing from the
University of Rochester; and
WHEREAS, A Registered Nurse, Betty Lapp worked in Ohio as a Staff
Nurse in the Emergency Department of Parma Community General Hospital
and as a Medical-Surgical Staff Nurse at Toledo Hospital; after moving
to Batavia, New York, she was a Genesee County Health Department Commu-
nity Health Nurse from 1972-1974 and, from 1974-2005, she worked at
Genesee Community College, where she began as an Instructor and was,
over the years, promoted to Professor of Nursing and Director of the
Nursing Program; and
WHEREAS, Betty Lapp began volunteering as a way to get to know her
newly adopted community; she started with Regional Action Phone; then
Family Counseling Services and her community activities have continued
to grow ever since; they included PTA activities and Cub Scouts as her
son was growing up; and
WHEREAS, Now retired, Betty Lapp keeps very busy, often describing
herself as a "professional volunteer," focusing on education and health
care; and
WHEREAS, She has served ably as President of the Board of the Genesee
Valley Educational Partnership, formerly BOCES, and as Chairperson of
the Genesee Valley School Boards Association's Program Committee; and
WHEREAS, The United Memorial Medical Center has benefited from her
service in numerous capacities, including Board Chairperson, Chair of
the Quality Improvement Committee and the Compliance Committee, and as a
Member of the Planning and Development Committee, Governance Committee,
Patient Safety Committee, and Ethics Committee; and
WHEREAS, Betty Lapp has, in addition, been Genesee County Mental
Health Services' 2nd Vice President, Community Services Board Chair-
person, and Member of its Special Review Committee and Developmental
Disabilities Subcommittee; Genesee County Health Department's Chair-
person of the Quality Assurance Committee for Licensed Home Care
Services; and a Member of the Boards of the WNY Rural Area Health Educa-
tion Center and the Lake Plains Community Care Network; and
WHEREAS, Betty Lapp has, fittingly, been honored many times for her
distinction in her profession and her service to her community; and
WHEREAS, In 2000, she received a prestigious SUNY Chancellor's Award
for Excellence in Professional Service; in 2008, the Genesse County
Chamber of Commerce named her its Geneseean of the Year and, in 2012,

the Genesee Valley School Boards Association presented her with its
esteemed Al Hawk Award for Outstanding School Board Service; and
WHEREAS, With her throughout have been her husband Dean S. Lapp, a
retired Construction Electrician, and their son Eric, a Mechanical Engi-
neer, both of whom are proud to be part of her life and rejoice in her
many accomplishments; she is now also the loving grandmother of her
two-and-a-half year old granddaughter Mallory; 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
the great State of New York; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Betty Lapp upon the occasion of being honored by the Boy Scouts
of America Iroquois Trail Council as a 2012 Distinguished Citizen at its
37th Annual BoyPower Dinner on May 23, 2012; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Betty Lapp.