SM 32 — DENNIS SCOTT HAZLETT, IN MEMORY

SENATE MEMORIAL 32 54TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION , 2020 INTRODUCED BY Mary Kay Papen 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL HONORING DENNIS SCOTT HAZLETT AND RECOGNIZING HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO NEW MEXICO.

145 WHEREAS, Dennis Scott Hazlett was born May 21, 1944 in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, and died on November 9, 2019;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, after serving in the United States air force, w l n d 18 Dennis graduated summa cum laude from Illinois state university = = 19 a l in 1970;

and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, Dennis then moved to Santa Fe, where he began a a t m m 21 long and distinguished career in state government;

and d r e 22 WHEREAS, in 1988, Dennis took a break from his state c e s k 23 government career to do something he had always wanted to do, e a n b 24 attend law school;

and u [ WHEREAS, Dennis earned his juris doctor degree from the .216940.1 university of New Mexico school of law and was admitted to the state bar in 1991 before returning to state government employment;

the general SM 32 Page 1 services department;

and WHEREAS, Dennis later served as chief administrative e e 17 officer of the Valles Caldera national trust and director of e e n d 18 governmental relations for New Mexico state university;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, Dennis was also an adjunct professor in the a l r i 20 university of New Mexico graduate school of public t e a t administration;

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, after Dennis retired, most of his work was with c e r c 23 the state legislature, working for both the house of e a n b 24 representatives and the senate;

and u [ WHEREAS, among the positions Dennis held were chief of .216940.1 - 2 - staff for the house majority leadership office and, most recently, analyst in the office of Senate President Pro Tempore Mary Kay Papen;

and SM 32 Page 2 WHEREAS, Dennis's greatest passions were aviation and working with his hands, whether "flipping" a house or, especially, restoring classic cars;

and WHEREAS, Dennis left state government temporarily in the e e 17 early 1980s to become president and general manager of Post e e n d 18 aviation of Santa Fe;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, Dennis was a man of many interests and many a l r i 20 talents who was endowed with a dry wit;

he could be incredibly t e a t funny but was not ashamed to cry;

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, Dennis is survived by his wife of twenty-seven c e r c 23 years, Judi Ross Hazlett;

e a n b 24 his brother, Doug, and wife, Kim, and their children;

as well u [ as his beloved kitties Ti, Schwartzl and special kitty buddy, .216940.1 - 3 - Tucker;

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