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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 391 Commending George Chancellor Rawlings, Jr.

Agreed to by the Senate, February 13, 1997 Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 21, 1997

WHEREAS, George Chancellor Rawlings, Jr., was born of an historic Virginia family and tradition on November 7, 1921, in Fredericksburg, Virginia; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings was educated at Randolph-Macon College, where he received a B.A. in 1942, and at the University of Virginia School of Law, from which he graduated in 1947; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings' desire for progress in Virginia led him to manage John F. Kennedy's Fredericksburg campaign in 1960 and to support Lyndon Johnson in 1964; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings served with distinction in the Virginia House of Delegates, to which he was elected in 1963, and reelected in 1965 and 1967; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings led a drive for minority voter registration and the involvement of black voters in the democratic process; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings ran as the Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1966 and the United States Senate in 1970; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings also served with distinction as a member of the Virginia Jaycees, serving as its president in 1954; as a substitute trial justice in Spotsylvania County from 1950 to 1963; as president of the Fredericksburg Mental Health Association; and as president of the Fredericksburg area Bar Association; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings also was elected as a member of the Democratic National Committee, serving from 1972 to 1980; as Chairman of the Eighth District Democratic Committee, serving from 1981 to 1993; and as an elector for the Eighth Congressional District in 1996; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings was appointed to the George Mason University Board of Visitors by Governor Wilder, serving from 1992 to 1996; and

WHEREAS, George Rawlings was presented, in 1993, the Outstanding Democrat Award by the Fairfax County Democratic Committee; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the Virginia General Assembly recognize George Chancellor Rawlings, Jr., for his outstanding contributions as a member of the House of Delegates and as a citizen of Virginia; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to George Chancellor Rawlings, Jr., in grateful appreciation of his years of service to the Commonwealth of Virginia.