SR5,1,32 Whereas, Richard J. Stadelman graduated from the University of
3Wisconsin-Madison Law School in December 1972; and

SR5,1,64 Whereas, Richard was elected district attorney in Shawano and Menominee
5Counties in 1974 and 1976, where he had previously served as assistant district
6attorney from 1973 to 1974; and

SR5,1,87 Whereas, Richard first began working with the Wisconsin Towns Association
8in 1979 as general legal counsel; and

SR5,1,109 Whereas, Richard became the legislative representative for the Wisconsin
10Towns Association in 1984; and

SR5,1,1311 Whereas, Richard became executive director of the Wisconsin Towns
12Association in 1987, where he dutifully advocated for the interests of local
13government; and

SR5,2,214 Whereas, Richard, during his tenure as executive director, served on numerous
15Legislative Council special study committees as well as the Department of

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1Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Livestock Siting Advisory Committee
2and Working Lands Committee; and

SR5,2,43 Whereas, Richard and his wife, Sue, live in the town of Richmond, Wisconsin,
4and have four children together; and

SR5,2,75 Whereas, following a long and distinguished career in service to the people of
6this state, Richard is retiring from his role as executive director of the Wisconsin
7Towns Association; now, therefore, be it