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17105212DWHEREAS, Bruce C. Gottwald, a Richmond native who has made many contributions to the Commonwealth as a businessman and a community leader, was named as a 2017 Outstanding Virginian; and
WHEREAS, Bruce Gottwald graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and conducted graduate studies at the University of Virginia, the Institute of Paper Chemistry, and the University of Richmond; and
WHEREAS, Bruce Gottwald joined Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company as a chemist and became chief executive officer then chair of Ethyl Corporation, which merged with Albemarle Paper in 1968; he later became chief executive officer and chairman emeritus of New Market Corporation; and
WHEREAS, Bruce Gottwald has served as a director of CSX Corporation, Albemarle Corporation, Tredegar Industries, First Colony Corporation, Dominion Resources, Inc., the Chemical Manufacturers’ Association, and the National Association of Manufacturers; and
WHEREAS, Bruce Gottwald was a founding member of the Jackson-Hope Fund Board of Overseers and has served as president of the VMI Board of Visitors, president of the VMI Keydet Club, trustee of the VMI Foundation, and president of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; he currently serves as director of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and the Civil War Trust; and
WHEREAS, among his many awards and accolades, Bruce Gottwald was named to the Greater Richmond Business Hall of Fame and earned the VMI Foundation Distinguished Service Award, the VMI New Market Medal, the VMI Keydet Club Spirit Award, and the Outstanding Industrialist Award from the Science Museum of Virginia; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Bruce C. Gottwald hereby be commended on being named as a 2017 Outstanding Virginian; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Bruce C. Gottwald as an expression of the Senate of Virginia’s admiration for his legacy of service to the Richmond community and the Commonwealth.