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2000 SESSION
004989608WHEREAS, Betty J. Waldow, the executive director of the Arlington County Bar Association, has announced her intention to retire on June 24, 2000, thus ending an outstanding career of service to the attorneys and citizens of Arlington County; and
WHEREAS, in 1967, Betty Waldow was the first full-time employee of the Arlington County Bar Association, and she was responsible for the Bar Association, legal aid, and the law library; and
WHEREAS, by 1969, the Lawyer Referral Service was added, and in 1974, legal aide was removed to a separate office; and
WHEREAS, during Betty Waldow’s 33-year tenure at the Arlington County Bar Association, the bar and the county have experienced significant milestones, to several of which Betty Waldow made significant contributions; and
WHEREAS, in 1968, Thomas R. Monroe became the first African-American member of the Arlington County Bar Association; in 1976, he became Arlington’s first African-American judge; and in 1985, Clarence F. Stanback, Jr., became the first African-American president of the Bar Association; and
WHEREAS, in 1972, Betty Thompson became the first woman to serve as president of the Bar Association, and in 1976, Eleanor Dobson became Arlington’s first female judge; and
WHEREAS, the courthouse fire of May 1990 forced Betty Waldow to set up temporary offices in the Juvenile Court facilities and to re-establish the law library in the old courthouse; and
WHEREAS, Betty Waldow served on the planning committee for Arlington’s new Judicial Center, which opened in 1995, and she established the law library on the main floor of the new courthouse facility; and
WHEREAS, throughout 33 years of change and growth in Arlington County, the one constant has been Betty Waldow, who has served the Arlington legal community with great diligence, professionalism, and dedication; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly commend Betty J. Waldow on the completion of an exemplary career of service as executive director of the Arlington County Bar Association; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Betty J. Waldow as an expression of the General Assembly’s appreciation for her outstanding career and best wishes for a rewarding retirement.