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2020 SESSION

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 54
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 8, 2020
Celebrating the life of Adolph Schick.
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Patron-- Saslaw
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WHEREAS, Adolph Schick, a respected businessman and an active member of the Falls Church and Arlington communities, died on February 24, 2019; and

WHEREAS, born in Austria-Hungary, Adolph “Sonny” Schick immigrated to the United States in 1929; his family settled in Washington, D.C., and opened a restaurant on I Street; and

WHEREAS, Sonny Schick joined many of the other young men of his generation in service to the nation during World War II as a member of the United States Navy; and

WHEREAS, in 1951, Sonny Schick married Dorothy “Dottie” Wasserman and joined her family’s automobile business in Arlington, Al’s Motors Chrysler Plymouth; and

WHEREAS, under Sonny Schick’s leadership, Al’s Motors became one of the most successful automobile dealers in the region during the 1960s and 1970s; and

WHEREAS, Sonny Schick also supported the community as a member of the Kiwanis Club of Arlington, and he hosted the Annual Mason District Democratic Crab Feast for many years; and

WHEREAS, predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Dottie, Sonny Schick will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his sons, Rory, Wade, Kyle, and Albert, and their families, and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Adolph Schick; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Adolph Schick as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.