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2010 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 169
Celebrating the life of Louise Hope Pitt Miller.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 22, 2010
Agreed to by the Senate, January 28, 2010

 

WHEREAS, Louise Hope Pitt Miller, a beloved camp director, photographer, and retired teacher, died on March 26, 2009; and

WHEREAS, a native of Richmond, Louise Miller was born on March 30, 1950, the oldest daughter of Betty and the late Malcolm Pitt, Jr.; and

WHEREAS, Louise Miller graduated from Collegiate School in 1968; she received a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in English education from the University of Virginia, where she was in the first class of undergraduate women; and

WHEREAS, a dedicated and enthusiastic teacher, Louise Miller taught English in Albemarle County before moving to England to teach at TASIS, The American School in England; she then taught English and photography at the Gilman School in Baltimore and at St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Charlottesville; and

WHEREAS, Louise Miller was an outstanding educator who was known for her high standards and genuine affection for her students; and

WHEREAS, after her retirement from teaching in 2002, Louise Miller volunteered at George Mason Elementary School in Church Hill, Collegiate School, and First Presbyterian Church in Richmond; and

WHEREAS, for 19 summers, Louise Miller worked at Camp Virginia, a camp for boys in Rockbridge County that offers swimming, horseback riding, archery, and sports activities; her grandfather was the camp’s founding director and Louise Miller and her husband became the third-generation directors several years ago; and

WHEREAS, a talented photographer, Louise Miller loved taking pictures of the campers enjoying themselves at Camp Virginia; she would then forward the pictures to the campers or their parents as mementos of their time at Camp Virginia; and

WHEREAS, a selfless and loving woman, Louise Miller battled cancer for the last 15 years of her life, and working with the energetic boys at Camp Virginia was a great joy and source of strength for her; and

WHEREAS, Louise Miller will be greatly missed by her husband, Kenneth Cameron Miller III; her mother Betty Pitt; her sisters Betty Pitt Cimmino and Anne Pitt Rogers; and the staff and boys of Camp Virginia; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly note with great sadness the loss of a beloved teacher and camp director who inspired and loved thousands of children over the years, Louise Hope Pitt Miller; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Louise Hope Pitt Miller as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.