SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24105439DHOUSE IRESOLUTION HOUOfferedNO. February 6, 2024 N Celebrating the life of James Riley Montgomery.

––––––––––92 TE Patron––ObenshainCelebrating Rthe ––––––––––life Oof WHEREAS, James Riley MontgomeryMontgomery. of Blacksburg, a decorated veteran, respected attorney, and distinguished higher education administrator, died on October 24, 2023;

andN DAgreed fromto by the formerHouse Knoxvilleof HighDelegates, School;February 12, 2024 R O distinguished higher education administrator, died on October 24, 2023;

heandected wasattorney, activeand inL sportsWHEREAS, andJames earned"Jim" theRiley rankMontgomery ofgrew Eagleup Scout in theKnoxville, BoyTennessee, Scoutswhere ofhe America,graduated thenL servedfrom as the nationalformer conferenceKnoxville chiefHigh ofSchool; the Order of the Arrow, the Scouting honor society, in 1950;

andhe Cwas WHEREAS,active Jimin Montgomerysports receivedand aearned bachelor's degree from the Universityrank of Tennessee,Eagle thenScout Ein wasScouting commissionedhonor associety, a second lieutenant in the1950; United States Army;

anded as the national conference chief of the Order of the Arrow, theE WHEREAS, Jim Montgomery received a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee, then D was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army;

and WHEREAS, Jim Montgomery began his career in higher education with the University of Tennessee and later joined Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech);

he pioneered thetheR field of institutional research and planning to help colleges and universities gather accurate data toto2better betterinform infWHEREAS,long-term Jimplanning Montgomery was selected as a distinguished member of the Association for R Institutional Research and helpeddecision-making; establish the Southern Association of Institutional Research,2which presented to him the inaugural James R.

and R WHEREAS, Jim Montgomery was selected as a distinguished member of the Association for presented to him the inaugural James R.

andandearch, which WHEREAS, after leaving academia, Jim Montgomery earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and changed careers, establishing Montgomery Law in Blacksburg, where he served the communitycomWHEREAS, forJim 27Montgomery yearswas asa angenerous attorney;volunteer leader in Blacksburg, offering his wise counsel to the Virginia Tech YMCA, the local Area Agency on Aging, AARP, the Montgomery County Christmas Store, the Boy Scouts of America, the Rotary Club of Christiansburg-Blacksburg, and the American Legion and other veterans organizations;

and counselremembered toand thegreatly Virginiamissed Techby YMCA,his thechildren, localCharles, AreaJames, Agencyand onApril, Aging,and AARP,their thefamilies, Montgomeryand Countynumerous Christmasother Store,family themembers Boy Scouts of America, the Rotary Club of Christiansburg-Blacksburg, and thefriends; American Legion and other veterans organizations;

andnow, WHEREAS,therefore, predeceasedbe byit hisRESOLVED, belovedThat wifethe House of 59Delegates years,hereby Mary,note Jimwith Montgomerygreat willsadness bethe fondlyloss rememberedof andJames greatlyRiley missedhigher byeducation; his children, Charles, James, and April, and their families, and :

35and, numerousbe otherits familycontributions membersto the Commonwealth and friends;was a visionary leader in RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of James Riley Montgomery as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for his memory.

now, therefore, be it 37 Montgomery, who made numerous contributions to the Commonwealth and was a visionary leader iney 38 higher education;

and, be it 39 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of James Riley Montgomery as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for his memory.