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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5026
Celebrating the life of John Jerome McHale.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, April 8, 2014
Agreed to by the Senate, June 12, 2014

 

WHEREAS, John Jerome McHale, a respected attorney and a dynamic member of the Vienna community, died on March 22, 2014; and

WHEREAS, raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, John “Jack” Jerome McHale graduated from the University of Scranton with a bachelor’s degree and earned a law degree from Georgetown University; and

WHEREAS, Jack McHale enjoyed a distinguished career as an attorney with the United States Department of the Interior; and

WHEREAS, using his keen intellect and creativity, Jack McHale helped alter plans for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to lessen the system’s effects on Alaskan wildlife; and

WHEREAS, deeply identifying with his Irish heritage, Jack McHale was the proud patriarch of a large family, whom he loved and supported unconditionally, and a caring friend to many in the community; and

WHEREAS, Jack McHale will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his beloved wife of 48 years, Barbara; children, John, Kevin, Kathryn, Carolyn, Colleen, Charlotte, Kate, Sean, and Grayson, 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 John Jerome McHale, a respected attorney and a vibrant member of the Vienna community; 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 John Jerome McHale as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.