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WHEREAS, John P. Molière of Hume, the founder and chief executive officer of Standard Communications, Inc., received the 2016 John K. Lopez Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with and on behalf of veterans; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 John K. Lopez Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association and Vetrepreneur magazine, in partnership with Armed Forces Insurance; and
WHEREAS, a veteran of the United States Navy and an innovator in telecommunications, John Molière founded Standard Communications, Inc., in 1995 to assist the General Services Administration with the Federal Telecommunications Services and reincorporated the company as a service disabled veteran-owned small business in Virginia in 2001; and
WHEREAS, John Molière and Standard Communications provide the federal government with a variety of telecommunications enhancement and integration services, particularly serving the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and its vast communications network between medical centers; and
WHEREAS, John Molière has made valuable recommendations on how to upgrade and maintain the communications network and allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide better and more timely service to the nation’s veterans; and
WHEREAS, John Molière also supports veterans through contributions to the American Legion, the Association for Service Disabled Veterans, the USO, and many other organizations, and Standard Communications has donated phones to the Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the families of veterans receiving medical treatment; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend John P. Molière on receiving the 2016 John K. Lopez Lifetime Achievement Award; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to John P. Molière as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his service to veterans in the Commonwealth and throughout the United States.