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2022 SESSION

22107663D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 213
Offered March 10, 2022
Celebrating the life of Benigno D. Federici, M.D.
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Patron-- Brewer
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WHEREAS, Benigno D. Federici, M.D., a respected health care professional in Suffolk, died on January 24, 2022; and

WHEREAS, Benigno Federici grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Villanova University; he subsequently earned a medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and completed his residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk; and

WHEREAS, Benigno Federici joined Specialists for Women in Suffolk in 1997 and became president of the organization in 2003; he was a well-known leader in the advancement of women’s health care throughout Hampton Roads and served as a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and

WHEREAS, Benigno Federici was a mentor to countless other health care professionals as an instructor at Eastern Virginia Medical School and a community faculty member at what is now the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; and

WHEREAS, Benigno Federici had served as a clinical adjunct faculty member at Old Dominion University and a faculty member of Liberty University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine from 2019 until the time of his passing; and

WHEREAS, Benigno Federici will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Jana; his children, Valerio, Gabriella, Carter, Marco, and Carmella; 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 Benigno D. Federici, M.D., a trusted physician in Suffolk; 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 Benigno D. Federici, M.D., as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.