WHEREAS, Alfredo Miguel Afif was born in Brownsville, Texas on April 27, 1949; and

        WHEREAS, he is the son of Catholic Lebanese immigrants who instilled in him the values of hard work, integrity and entrepreneurial spirit; and

        WHEREAS, throughout his life, he has devoted himself to the cause of economic principles that have benefited many both here in the U.S. and internationally;

        WHEREAS, he has provided visionary leadership in areas such as the aviation industry, automotive industry, rail industry, oil industry, real estate development, plastics industry, outdoor marketing and advertising and most importantly, resort development; and

        WHEREAS, his social and humanitarian contributions include founding the Mexican-Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, Board member of the highly prestigious Hospital General de Mexico, Board member of Funsalud, a charitable organization that provides assistance to the underprivileged farmers of Mexico; and

        WHEREAS, in the U.S., Alfredo is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of PATRIA, a U.S. non profit foundation dedicated to working on issues related to immigration across the U.S./Mexico boarder, by creating jobs and incentives in Mexico, that will afford the opportunity for Mexicans to remain in their homeland, or return to their homeland from the U.S.; and

        WHEREAS, throughout all of these endeavors Alfredo is directly responsible for the creation of thousands of jobs, changing, for the better, thousands of lives and establishing a legacy that will remain in full force for generations to come;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim April 27, 2007 to be

A L F R E D O   M I G U E L   A F I F   DAY

in Idaho.
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at Boise, Idaho, on this 27^th day of April in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE