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| 13 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard, the Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law Emeritus at the University of Virginia and a preeminent scholar on constitutional law and comparative constitutionalism who served the Commonwealth as a champion for the revised 1971 Constitution of Virginia, received the prestigious Outstanding Virginian Award in 2025; and |
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| 15 | 21 | | WHEREAS, the Outstanding Virginian Award is presented by the Outstanding Virginian Committee in partnership with the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy to recognize leaders like Arthur Ellsworth A.E. Dick Howard whose civic-minded accomplishments serve as an inspiration to all residents of the Commonwealth; and |
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| 17 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Ellsworth A.E. Dick Howard grew up in the Ginter Park neighborhood of Richmond and served the nation as a member of the United States Army after graduating from the University of Richmond; he continued his education at the University of Virginia School of Law and Oxford University, where he studied philosophy, politics, and economics with some of the great minds in academia as a Rhodes Scholar; and |
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| 19 | 25 | | WHEREAS, after graduating from law school, A.E. Dick Howard clerked for Justice Hugo L. Black at the Supreme Court of the United States and contributed to several notable opinions, including Gideon v. Wainwright, which required states to provide legal representation to defendants who could not afford their own, and Griffin v. School Board of Prince Edward County, which effectively ended the massive resistance to desegregation in the Commonwealth; and |
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| 21 | 27 | | WHEREAS, A.E. Dick Howard subsequently joined the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law in 1964, teaching constitutional law, legal philosophy, and evidence; he earned the admiration of his students for his creative teaching style, clear communication, and generosity; and |
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| 23 | 29 | | WHEREAS, in 1968, A.E. Dick Howard was selected by members of the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision to serve as executive director of the program and lead efforts to revise and replace the 1902 Constitution of Virginia; he was the chief author of recommended changes, wrote commentary in support of revisions, interpreted the new constitution to members of the General Assembly, and spearheaded the subsequent referendum campaign; and |
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| 25 | 31 | | WHEREAS, thanks to A.E. Dick Howard's hard work and dedication, Virginia voters approved the 1971 Constitution of Virginia by 72 percent at a time when six other states failed to pass new constitutions; the streamlined document was less than half the length of the previous constitution, removing remnants of the Jim Crow era in favor of antidiscrimination provisions and protections for public education, the environment, and the elderly; and |
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| 27 | 33 | | WHEREAS, the success of the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision garnered A.E. Dick Howard national and international acclaim; he was consulted by constitutional drafters in other states and abroad, including in Brazil, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Hungary, the former Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Albania, Malawi, South Africa, and the former Swaziland; and |
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| 29 | 35 | | WHEREAS, over the years, A.E. Dick Howard also briefed and argued cases before state and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, and served as counsel to the Virginia General Assembly and the governor of Virginia, as chair of Virginia's Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, and as a consultant to other state and federal bodies, including the United States Senate Judiciary Committee; and |
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| 31 | 37 | | WHEREAS, among countless awards and accolades, A.E. Dick Howard has received the George C. Marshall Award in International Law and Diplomacy from the Richmond Chapter of the World Affairs Councils of America, the prestigious Randa Medal from the Union of Czech Lawyers, and the University of Virginia's Distinguished Professor Award, as well as the institution's highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award; and |
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| 33 | 39 | | WHEREAS, at the time of his retirement from the University of Virginia in 2024, A.E. Dick Howard was the longest-serving professor in the history of the institution and one of the most respected educators in the nation; his legacy lives on through the generations of attorneys, judges, government officials, and academics to whom he imparted his steadfast dedication to the advancement of constitutionalism, fair democracy, and the rule of law; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 41 | | RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard, winner of the 2025 Outstanding Virginian Award, hereby be commended for his distinguished contributions to the Commonwealth, the United States, and democracies around the world; and, be it |
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| 37 | 43 | | RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for his lifetime of achievements as a legal scholar. |
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