HJ 116 — Commending Ammon G. Dunton, Jr.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24104565D I HOUSE JOfferedJOINT JanuaryRESOLUTION 31,NO. 2024 N Commending Ammon G.

116 E Commending Ammon G.

––––––––––N TR Patrons––Kent;Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 5, 2024 Agreed to by the Senate, February 8, 2024 O WHEREAS, Ammon G.

Senators:Dunton, Jr., a respected attorney and active community leader, has made L numerous contributions to the residents of the Northern Neck and the Commonwealth;

McDougle and StuartL Rthen ––––––––––served Othe WHEREAS,nation Ammonas G.an officer in the United States Army;

Dunton,he Jr.,subsequently agraduated respectedfrom attorneythe andE activeUniversity communityof leader,Virginia hasSchool madeof numerousLaw, contributionswhere tohe theserved residentsas an associate editor of the NorthernVirginia NeckJournal andof theInternational Commonwealth;Law;

and D then servedreturned to the nationNorthern asNeck, anwhere officerhe incurrently focuses his practice on the Unitedadministration Statesof Army;trusts and estates;

he subsequently graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as an associate editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law;

and C WHEREAS, Ammon Dunton began his career with the firm Shearman & Sterling in New York City, E then returned to the Northern Neck, where he currently focuses his practice on the administration of trusts and estates;

and chairWHEREAS, ofAmmon theDunton Bayhas Banksoffered ofhis Virginia,leadership chairand ofexpertise theto Bankbusinesses ofin Lancaster, chair of the Northernregion Neckasas Insurance Company, president of the Virginia Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and vice president of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce;

and H WHEREAS, outside of his career, Ammon Dunton generously supports many worthy charitable 1 causes and serves as the president of the Tidewater Foundation;

and WHEREAS,E Ammonof Duntonthe hasMary preservedBall theWashington historicalMuseum resources& Library, president of the Northern Neck asHistorical presidentSociety,t R chair of the Lancaster County Landmarks Commission, and former chair of the Lancaster CountyetyJCounty Bicentennial Commission;

and 1 WHEREAS, Ammon Dunton also supports local cultural life as chair of the board of the Northern Neck Symphony Orchestra;

andando supports local cultural life as chair of the board of the Northern WHEREAS, Ammon Dunton enjoys fellowship and worship with the congregation of Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock, where he has served as a member of the vestry and was elected as senRESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Ammon G.

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution 34 for presentation to Ammon G.

Dunton, Jr., as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for :his personal and professional achievements.

35 his personal and professional achievements.