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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 864 Celebrating the life of Ann Creighton Collar Broder.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 10, 2017 Agreed to by the Senate, February 16, 2017

 

WHEREAS, Ann Creighton Collar Broder of Arlington, a prominent community activist and former Arlington County School Board member, died on September 30, 2016; and

WHEREAS, Ann Broder was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up on a farm in Crawfordsville, Indiana; she received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, after settling in Arlington in 1955, Ann Broder became a community activist seeking good governance and better schools, a noble calling that would span six decades; and

WHEREAS, Ann Broder was a leader in Arlingtonians for a Better County (ABC), a nonpartisan group that advocated socially progressive practices in local government; and

WHEREAS, in the 1970s, Ann Broder served two four-year terms on the Arlington County School Board, and was chair in 1975, 1976, 1979, and 1980; and

WHEREAS, Ann Broder was a supporter of the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network and the Arlington Arts Center; she remained politically active into her 80s, serving as a precinct captain at the Ballston apartment building where she lived; and

WHEREAS, Ann Broder was a world traveler, philanthropist, artist, and patron of the arts; she loved spending almost every summer of her life at the rustic wood cottage her grandfather built on Beaver Island, Michigan; and

WHEREAS, predeceased by her husband, David, a veteran Washington Post journalist, Ann Broder will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her sons, George, Josh, Matthew, and Michael, and their families, and a wide circle of friends; 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 Ann Creighton Collar Broder, a prominent community activist and former Arlington County School Board member; 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 Ann Creighton Collar Broder as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.