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2002 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 99
Requesting the State Board of Corrections to name the Department of Corrections Academy for Staff Development located at 1900 River Road West in Crozier, Virginia, in honor of the late Paul W. Keve.

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 31, 2002
Agreed to by the Senate, February 28, 2002

WHEREAS, Paul W. Keve, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, earned a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in 1943 and a master’s degree in social work from the College of William and Mary in 1947; and

WHEREAS, Paul W. Keve began his long and industrious career in the field of corrections as a shop instructor for the National Training School for Boys of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C.; and

WHEREAS, in 1942 Paul W. Keve became one of the Commonwealth's first probation and parole officers and later served as a caseworker in the State Training School for Boys in Beaumont, Virginia; and

WHEREAS, recognized for his dedication in working with troubled youths, Paul W. Keve served as Chief of the Child Care Bureau and Chief of the Bureau of Juvenile Probation and Detention in the Virginia State Department of Welfare and Institutions, where he administered various services for all delinquent juveniles committed to the state; and

WHEREAS, Paul W. Keve demonstrated strong leadership while serving as Commissioner of the Department of Corrections in Minnesota and Acting Commissioner of the State Department of Corrections in Delaware; and

WHEREAS, in 1977 Paul W. Keve returned to Richmond, Virginia, permanently and began his tenure with the Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Criminal Justice and as a consultant to the Virginia Department of Corrections; and

WHEREAS, during his career, Paul W. Keve was a prolific writer, authoring 10 books, including the industrious book on the Commonwealth's correctional history entitled: The History of Corrections in Virginia; and

WHEREAS, while working at the Virginia Commonwealth Institute on Substance Abuse, Paul W. Keve, with the assistance of the Governor's Office on Drug Policy, wrote the landmark report "Offender Substance Abuse Treatment, A Blue Print for the Future," which led to the creation of Indian Creek Correctional Center in Chesapeake, Virginia, the nation's largest prison-based substance abuse treatment center; and

WHEREAS, Paul W. Keve received numerous awards recognizing his innovative style in delinquency programming and corrections administration including, the Irving W. Halpern National Award for "Excellence in Probation Practice," Minnesota's Social Worker of the Year and Honorary Federal Warden of the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and

WHEREAS, Paul W. Keve died in the City of Richmond on October 21, 1999, at the age of 86, after a lifetime of giving his time, effort, and talents in service to the community; and

WHEREAS, his legacy lives on via his various students who now work in the Commonwealth's criminal justice system, and through his innovative programming ideas currently in place throughout the Commonwealth and the nation; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the State Board of Corrections be requested to name the Department of Corrections Academy for Staff Development located at 1900 River Road West in Crozier, Virginia, in honor of the late Paul W. Keve; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates transmit copies of this resolution to the members of the State Board of Corrections so that they may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia in this matter.