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2014 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 427
Celebrating the life of Benjamin Adelbert Thorp IV.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 5, 2014
Agreed to by the Senate, March 7, 2014

 

WHEREAS, Benjamin Adelbert Thorp IV of Henrico County, a respected attorney and a beloved husband, father, and son, died on January 14, 2014; and

WHEREAS, a native of Bethesda, Maryland, Benjamin “Ben” Thorp earned a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1995 and a law degree from the University of Richmond in 2000; and

WHEREAS, Ben Thorp practiced law with the Henrico County Attorney’s Office and proudly represented Henrico County in a case before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2013; and

WHEREAS, Ben Thorp was an active, respected member of the legal community; he was a member of Lawyers Helping Lawyers, Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, the Henrico County Bar Association, and the Environmental Law Section of the Virginia State Bar; and

WHEREAS, a beloved husband, father, and son, Ben Thorp enjoyed spending time with his family, reading, traveling, and the outdoors, and he was an avid Boston Red Sox fan; and

WHEREAS, Ben Thorp will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Jayne; son, Beckett; and numerous other family members, friends, and colleagues; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Benjamin Adelbert Thorp IV, a prominent attorney and an esteemed member of the Henrico community; 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 Benjamin Adelbert Thorp IV as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.