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2022 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 420
Celebrating the life of A. Paul Lanzillotta.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 8, 2022
Agreed to by the Senate, March 9, 2022

 

WHEREAS, A. Paul Lanzillotta, a respected member of the Arlington community, died on January 30, 2022; and

WHEREAS, a native of Revere, Massachusetts, Paul Lanzillotta earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston College, then served the nation as a member of the United States Army and the United States Army Reserve; and

WHEREAS, Paul Lanzillotta began his career with the United States General Accounting Office and traveled the country auditing various government facilities; and

WHEREAS, in 1961, Paul Lanzillotta graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center, and he and his wife, Ann, settled in Arlington the following year; and

WHEREAS, Paul Lanzillotta worked for more than 35 years as the head of the Trust Department at First Virginia Banks, Inc., where he was admired for his leadership style and served as a trusted mentor to many fellow employees; and

WHEREAS, Paul Lanzillotta subsequently worked for the law firm Manning & Murray from 1996 until his retirement in 2020; he provided his expertise to the trust and estate sections of local, state, and national bar associations and served as an expert witness for estate and trust administration litigation; and

WHEREAS, Paul Lanzillotta inspired future generations of professionals as an adjunct professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and Marymount University, and he often lectured at the Georgetown University Law Center; and

WHEREAS, Paul Lanzillotta offered his leadership to the boards of Virginia Hospital Center, the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, Capital Caring, and the Vicky Collins Charitable Foundation; he was a past president of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council and a member of the Arlington County Supplemental Retirement System Board; and

WHEREAS, Paul Lanzillotta volunteered his time with the Arlington Kiwanis Club and Potomac Kiwanis Club, where he served as president, and he served as president of the Arlington Kiwanis Foundation; and

WHEREAS, predeceased by his wife of 63 years, Ann, Paul Lanzillotta will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his children, Mary Katherine, Susan, and John, and their families, and numerous other family members and 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 A. Paul Lanzillotta; 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 A. Paul Lanzillotta as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.