HR 784 — Commending Rutherford Ulysses Whitfield.

SPECIAL SESSION I INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24200310D HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

784 IE Offered June 28, 2024 N Commending Rutherford Ulysses Whitfield.

TN ––––––––––Agreed Patrons––Clarkto (Byby Request),the Carr,House Cole,of Hope,Delegates, LopezJuly and18, McQuinn2024 R WHEREAS,O after 70 years of service as a school bus driver, Rutherford Ulysses Whitfield retired from Suffolk Public Schools in 2024;

and Da school bus driver, Rutherford Ulysses Whitfield retired L WHEREAS, Rutherford Whitfield was offered a job as a school bus driver while he was still a L student at East Suffolk High School and subsequently drove his first bus route in September 1954 when he WHEREAS, over the course of his long career, Rutherford Whitfield ensured students arrived to and E from school safely and efficiently, and he strove to be a positive influence in the lives of the youngD peoWHEREAS, in addition to driving a bus, Rutherford Whitfield worked in the East Suffolk High School cafeteria, and at age 20, he was onlyappointed 16as yearsthe old;director of the John F.

and C from school safely and efficiently, and he strove to be a positive influence in the lives of thE young people in his care;

and WHEREAS, in addition to driving a bus, Rutherford Whitfield worked in the East Suffolk High D School cafeteria, and at age 20, he was appointed as the director of the John F.

anderia at Sentara Obici Hospital for more WHEREAS, Rutherford Whitfield ultimately became the longest-serving employee of Suffolk Public H Schools, having touched countless lives through his professionalism and enthusiasm;

now, therefore, bebe7 it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Rutherford Ulysses Whitfield hereby be commended RE on RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerkoccasion of thehis Houseretirement ofas Delegates prepare a copyschool ofbus thisdriver resolution8 for presentationSuffolk toPublic RutherfordSchools; Ulysses Whitfield as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for his exceptional legacy of service to young people in Suffolk.

/and, /be 7it R for presentation to Rutherford Ulysses Whitfield as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for his exceptional legacy of service to young people in Suffolk.