SR 37 — Celebrating the life of Zia Hasan Hashmi, Ph.D.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22105943D I SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

37 OfferedE March 4, 2022 N Celebrating the life of Zia Hasan Hashmi, Ph.D.

TN Patrons––Bell,Agreed Hashmi,to Barker,by Boysko,the Chase,Senate, Cosgrove,March Deeds,9, DeSteph,2022 Dunnavant,R Ebbin,O EdwarRs, Favola, Hackworth, Hanger, Howell, Kiggans, Lewis, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, Mason, McClellan, McDougle, Morrissey, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Peake, Petersen, Pillion, Reeves, Ruff, Saslaw, Spruill, Stanley, Stuart, Suetterlein, Surovell and Vogel D –––––––––– WHEREAS, Zia Hasan Hashmi, Ph.D., esteemed professor emeritus of international relations at U Georgia Southern University and a beloved member of the Midlothian community, died on March 9, CL 2021;202WHEREAS, born in Warangal, Hyderabad State, in the former British India, Zia H.

andHashmi earned a L bachelor's degree from Osmania University and later a master's degree and bachelor of laws degree from E Aligarh Muslim University, where he served two terms as president of the student union and received the university's gold medal for Urdu elocution;

and WHEREAS,D Ziaof H.Karachi before receiving a fellowship in 1964 to pursue doctoral studies in international relations at the University of South Carolina;

Hashmi was briefly a member of the political science faculty of the University of Karachi before receiving a fellowship in 1964 to pursue doctoral studies in international relations at the University of South Carolina;

Hashmi S organized more than 50 workshops and seminars and obtained more than $450,000 in grants to advance R the center's mission, facilitating opportunities for students and faculty alike to engage with diverse globalglEbal perspectives;

and R years, co-founding an interdisciplinary minor in international studies at GSU and establishing academic partnerships throughout Georgia and other states;

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Hashmi's contributions to student life at GSU also included serving often as Bell Honors Program;

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Harold Isaacs, professor of history at Georgia Southwestern State University, to help found the Association of Third World Studies, now the Association of Global South Studies, and to edit the association's journal, aiding in the advancement of a :highly consequential and underserved area of scholarship;

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Hashmi was an active member of the Islamic Center of Virginia in Bon Air and gave generously of his time by participating in chaplaincy programs that served incarcerated individuals in Central Virginia;

his children, Sohail, Ghazala, and Saira, and their families, including grandchildren Yasmin,therefore, Noor,be Manar,itnar, Firas, and Sofia;

now, theRESOLVED,RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Zia Hasan Hashmi, Ph.D., a respected professor of international relations at Georgia Southern University whose dedication to education and scholarly discourse was an inspiration to all who knew him;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Zia Hasan Hashmi, Ph.D., as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for his memory.