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2021 SPECIAL SESSION II

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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 833 Commending Joseph W. Meredith.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, August 5, 2021

 

WHEREAS, in October 2020, Joseph W. Meredith, former president and chief executive officer of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, was honored with the title president emeritus for his legacy of contributions to the organization; and

WHEREAS, Joseph Meredith served as president and chief executive officer of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center from 1993 to February 2020; and

WHEREAS, Joseph Meredith helped the campus grow from one building to an internationally recognized research park with 36 buildings supporting over 200 research, technology, and support companies with over 3,300 employees and extended the campus with development of the Tech Center Research Park in Newport News; and

WHEREAS, during his tenure as the head of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Joseph Meredith cultivated a community culture that encouraged collaborations and new ideas and valued opportunities for employees to build work-life balance; and

WHEREAS, Joseph Meredith’s stewardship of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center helped advance Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s research, educational, and technology transfer mission; and

WHEREAS, Joseph Meredith served the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center and the entire Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University community with great dedication and distinction; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Joseph W. Meredith hereby be commended for his decades of outstanding leadership of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center and the honor of being named president emeritus; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Joseph W. Meredith as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for his professional achievements and contributions to the Commonwealth.