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2018 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 148
Celebrating the life of David Clark Dowling.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 26, 2018
Agreed to by the Senate, February 1, 2018

 

WHEREAS, David Clark Dowling, a 26-year resident of Williamsburg, passed away on October 30, 2017, after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma; and

WHEREAS, a native of Watertown, New York, David Dowling attended Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, before earning his master’s degree from Michigan State University; and

WHEREAS, David Dowling married his best friend and the love of his life, Dana, in 1992; and

WHEREAS, David Dowling’s career with the Commonwealth spanned more than 25 years, including time as a fisheries biologist at the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; and

WHEREAS, David Dowling dedicated almost two decades of his life to the Department of Conservation and Recreation; and

WHEREAS, David Dowling served in many leadership roles at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, most recently as the Deputy Director of Soil and Water Conservation and Dam Safety and Floodplain Management; and

WHEREAS, David Dowling was devoted to the conservation and protection of the natural resources of the Commonwealth, and he was greatly respected by everyone who knew him; and

WHEREAS, David Dowling will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his devoted wife, Dana; his loving daughter, Holly Grace; his sister, Sue; and his nieces; 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 David Clark Dowling, a respected conservationist dedicated to the protection of the Commonwealth’s land and water; 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 David Clark Dowling as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.