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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5072 Celebrating the life of Leonard E. Ringler.   Agreed to by the Senate, September 18, 2014 Agreed to by the House of Delegates, September 18, 2014  

WHEREAS, Leonard E. Ringler, a respected civil servant in the City of Newport News and a beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend, died on July 13, 2014; and

WHEREAS, a native of Portsmouth, Leonard “Len” Ringler grew up in Roanoke and Williamsburg; he graduated from James Blair High School, where he was elected senior class president; and

WHEREAS, Len Ringler earned a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and served as commander of Company G in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets; and

WHEREAS, Len Ringler earned a law degree from The College of William and Mary and was commissioned in the United States Army as an attorney with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps; he was stationed at Fort Bragg and Fort Monroe and served a tour in Vietnam; and

WHEREAS, after his honorable discharge, Len Ringler began a long and successful career with the City of Newport News; as one of the leading practitioners of local government law, he was respected as a hardworking and trustworthy servant of the city; and

WHEREAS, following his well-earned retirement as deputy city attorney in 2006, Len Ringler continued to serve the community by establishing the Company G Emerging Leadership Scholarship, which has raised thousands of dollars and which began awarding scholarships to worthy students in 2012; and

WHEREAS, Len Ringler cared deeply for his family, and he will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his mother, Lucy, and numerous other family members, friends, and colleagues; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Leonard E. Ringler, a dedicated civil servant in the City of Newport News; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Leonard E. Ringler as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.