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2019 SESSION


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 244
Celebrating the life of Richardson Grinnan, M.D.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 11, 2019

 

WHEREAS, Richardson Grinnan, M.D., an esteemed medical doctor and pulmonary specialist in Richmond, died on July 31, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Richardson Grinnan was born in Norfolk, attended St. Christopher’s School as a boarding student, and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Virginia; he graduated from the Medical College of Virginia, where he was inducted into the Sigma Zeta Honorary Society and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, from which he received the William Harrison Higgins Medicine Award; and

WHEREAS, Richardson Grinnan specialized in the study and treatment of pulmonary disease at McGuire Clinic in Richmond; and

WHEREAS, among his many contributions, Richardson Grinnan served as president of the Virginia Thoracic Society and president of the American Lung Association in Virginia; he was a fellow in the American College of Physicians and American College of Chest Physicians, as well as a member of the Medical Society of Virginia and Richmond Academy of Medicine; and

WHEREAS, Richardson Grinnan joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia, where he served as a change agent for the insurance company as chief medical officer and senior vice president of quality management; among other appointments, he served as vice chairman on the Board of the Virginia Health Council; on the Governor’s Commission on Health Care for All Americans; and on the Board of Directors for Virginia Health Information, Virginians Improving Patient Care and Safety, Virginia Health Quality Center, Virginia Department of Health, and the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation; and

WHEREAS, Richardson Grinnan will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Lelia; his children, Richard, Lelia, and Martha, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Richardson Grinnan, M.D., an esteemed medical doctor and pulmonary specialist in Richmond; 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 Richardson Grinnan, M.D., as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.