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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5048
Commending Lillian Orlich.
 
Agreed to by the Senate, June 12, 2014
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 23, 2014
 

WHEREAS, Lillian Orlich, a devoted educator who has touched countless lives throughout her decades-long career, was named the Secondary School Counselor of the Year by the Virginia School Counselor Association on March 21, 2014; and

WHEREAS, a native of New York City, Lillian Orlich graduated from Julia Richman High School, attended Hunter College, and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from New York University; and

WHEREAS, Lillian Orlich moved to the City of Manassas in the 1950s and answered her calling to become an educator; she held positions as a teacher and an administrator in the Commonwealth and in Ohio before becoming a full-time counselor at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas in the 1970s; and

WHEREAS, over the course of her distinguished career, Lillian Orlich has mentored countless students and worked to provide them with the tools to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens of the Commonwealth; she is the longest-serving educator in the Prince William County Public Schools system; and

WHEREAS, Lillian Orlich often goes above and beyond in her duties as an educator and a counselor, building positive relationships and encouraging students to achieve their full potential in and out of the classroom; she works with George Mason University to assist non-English-speaking students who are preparing for college; and

WHEREAS, Lillian Orlich offers her wise leadership to her fellow teachers on the faculty senate, and she has helped to provide new opportunities for students as the advanced placement coordinator, as a member of the scholarship committee and the parent-teacher-student organization, and as a former member of the Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps; and

WHEREAS, deeply committed to her students, Lillian Orlich is an exemplar of the hard work, compassion, and devotion to the community shown by educators and school administrators throughout the Commonwealth; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Lillian Orlich on being named the Secondary School Counselor of the Year by the Virginia School Counselor Association in 2014; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Lillian Orlich as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for her long tradition of service to the youth of the City of Manassas and Prince William County.