1. GERRY COHEN’S
RETIREMENT
CELEBRATION
HONORING 36 YEARS OF SERVICE
NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
3RD FLOOR ROTUNDA
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014 @ 2:00PM

2. BREAKING NEWS
A NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY ICON RETIRES…

3. THE INVITES WENT OUT…
Please join
the Bill Drafting Division and the
Legislative Services Office
in honoring
Gerry F. Cohen
For his 36 years of service to the
North Carolina General Assembly and the
State of North Carolina
Reception
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Third Floor Legislative Building

4. “…AND YOU WERE THERE…”

5. HONOREE GERRY & WIFE, PAM COHEN

6. A SPREAD FIT FOR A KING…

7. GUESTS BEGIN TO ARRIVE

8. DO YOU REMEMBER THE
TIME WHEN GERRY…?

9. OLD FRIENDS REUNITE

10. LET’S SEE…WHAT CAN WE
SAY ABOUT GERRY?

11. BILL DRAFTING STAFF
REFLECTS

12. CHEW & CHAT TIME

13. GUESTS AS THEY MINGLE

14. MISTRESS OF CEREMONY
~ BEVERLY ADAMS ~

15. GERRY SOAKS IT ALL IN

16. BD DIRECTOR KORY GOLDSMITH
RECOUNTS GERRY’S CAREER

17. THEY CAME FROM NEAR & FAR…

18. MEMBERS, STAFF & FRIENDS…

19. …TO CELEBRATE WITH GERRY

20. RESEARCH DIRECTOR, WALKER REAGAN
SPEAKS ON GERRY AND THE NCSL
Gerry has been nominated to receive the 2014
National Conference Of Legislatures’ (NCSL)
Legislative Staff Achievement Award

21. FORMER REPRESENTATIVE
EDWARD HOLMES
Member of the 1971
GA Personnel Committee
which Hired Gerry as
Director of Bill Drafting

22. BILL DRAFTING STAFF ATTORNEY
RYAN BLACKLEDGE ROASTS GERRY

23. RYAN STATED THAT GERRY HAS
‘LEFT HIS MARK’ ON THE GA

24. BD ATTORNEY PHYLLIS PICKETT
CONGRATULATES GERRY

25. KORY GOLDSMITH PRESENTS GIFT
FROM BD STAFF AND OTHERS

26. SENATE PRO-TEMPORE
PHIL BERGER SPEAKS

27. PRESENTATION OF STATE
CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

28. GERRY’S CERTIFICATE OF
RETIREMENT

29. STATE BUDGET DIRECTOR ART POPE
PRESENTS
THE ORDER OF THE LONG LEAF PINE

30. GERRY’S VERY OWN
THE ORDER OF THE LONG LEAF PINE

31. GERRY ADDRESSES
LEADERSHIP

32. GERRY HAS HIS LAST SAY

33. PAM CONGRATULATES GERRY

34. RETIREMENT…
HERE WE COME!!!

35. GERRY CHATS WITH
WELL WISHERS

36. GERRY’S DAY IN REVIEW

40. WE WISH YOU WELL, GERRY!!!
Gerry poses with the
Retirement Celebration Committee
Kory Goldsmith
Sylvia Watlington-Green
Beverly Adams
Veronica Scott
(Not pictured Beth Smith)

41. THE NCGA IS ALL THE BETTER
BECAUSE…

42. “AND THAT’S THE WAY IT WAS…
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014”
Photos of Walter Cronkite Event Photography & Presentation by
Courtesy of Bing Images Veronica Scott, Bill Drafting Division