StateofVermont
HouseofRepresentatives
Montpelier,Vermont
ConcurrentHouseResolution
H.C.R.78
OfferedbyRepresentativesHolcombeofNorwich,MaslandofThetford,andOdeofBurlington
HouseconcurrentresolutioninmemoryofformerRepresentativeandSecretaryofAdministrationKathleenC.Hoyt
ofNorwich
Whereas,thepioneeringStategovernmentleadershipofformerRepresentativeKathleenC.Hoytservesasamodelfor
others, and
Whereas,shewasborninRoanokeRapids,NorthCarolina,onJune 6, 1942;washerhighschoolclassvaledictorian;
graduatedfromtheUniversityofNorthCarolina(UNC),Greensboro;andunfortunately,herUNC-ChapelHillgraduate
schoolscholarshipwasdiscriminatorilynotrenewedbecauseitwastransferredtoamalestudent,aterribledecision, and
Whereas,whendrivingthroughVermont,enroutetovisitingExpo67inMontreal,shefoundtheStatetobe“themost
magicalplace”andmovedherein1968,meetingherfuturehusband,thelateformerRepresentativeNorris“Norrie”Hoyt
ofNorwich,andpropitiouslyforboth,theyweremarriedattheVermontStateHousein1974, and
Whereas,KathyHoytservedasdirectorofplanningattheAgencyofHumanServices,workedattheVermontOffice
ofEqualOpportunity,andwasamemberoftheVermontCommissiononWomenbeforetakingtimetoraisehersons,
ChristopherandMichael,thenresumedherpublicserviceattheDepartmentofEmploymentandTraining,whereshe
becameCommissioner,and
Whereas,GovernorMadeleineKuninrecognizedKathyHoyt’sexpertiseandeffectivenessasanadministratorand
appointedherChiefofStaffandsubsequently,SecretaryofCivilandMilitaryAffairs, and
Whereas,inAugust1991,whenLieutenantGovernorHowardDeansuddenlybecameGovernor,heturnedtoKathy
Hoyttooverseetheexpeditedtransition,returninghertotheroleofChiefofStaff,andlaterappointedherasVermont’s
firstfemaleSecretaryofAdministration, and
Whereas,aftertheDeanadministration’sconclusion,KathyHoytservedonnonprofitandcorporateboards,including
asaUniversityofVermonttrustee;wasanadvisortoGovernorsDouglasandShumlin;andconcludedherpublicservice
astheHousememberfromNorwich,servingintheseatherhusbandonceheld, and
Whereas,afteranillustriouslife,KathyHoytdiedat82yearsofageonMarch7,2025inthepresenceofherfamily,
nowthereforebeit
ResolvedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentatives:
ThattheGeneralAssemblyextendsitscondolencestothefamilyofformerRepresentativeandSecretaryof
AdministrationKathleenC.HoytofNorwich,andbeitfurther
Resolved:ThattheSecretaryofStatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolutiontothefamilyofKathyHoyt.