HJ 370 — Celebrating the life of Robert Ira Bryan Kahane.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24108556D HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

370 IE Offered March 4, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Robert Ira Bryan Kahane.

TN ––––––––––R Patron––WattsAgreed Rto ––––––––––by the House of Delegates, March 5, 2024 Agreed to by the Senate, March 7, 2024 O WHEREAS, Robert Ira Bryan Kahane, a highly admired member of the Annandale community, died L on February 18, 2023;

andyan Kahane, a highly admired member of the Annandale community, died WHEREAS, Robert "Bob" Ira Bryan Kahane was born in Manhattan, New York, and movedL to D nearby Queens with his family when he was nine years old;

though he spent many years in Virginia, he E always considered himself a proud, lifelong New Yorker;

and C WHEREAS, Bob Kahane earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the Brooklyn Collegiate D private sectors;

anditute, then embarked on a long career in the defense industry, both in the Eublicpublic and WHEREAS, Bob Kahane participated in many projects that contributed greatly to national defense until his well-earned retirement in 2012;

and WHEREAS, Bob Kahane was an active member and past president of the Rotary Club of Annandale and applied the Rotary Four-Way Test to all of his personal and professional interactions;

and WHEREAS, Bob Kahane supported the community in many other ways, including his leadership of recognitionH ofthe hisTaste legacy of volunteerAnnandale service;event;

andmunityhe was named as a Community Champion for the Mason District in WHEREAS,3 inrecognition laterof life,his Boblegacy Kahaneof cultivatedvolunteer aservice; passion for woodturning and handcrafted countless beautiful gifts for family and friends;

heand wasE abeautiful membergifts offor thefamily Capital Area Woodturners and shaHedfriends; camaraderie with other woodturning groups;

andhe 3was WHEREAS,a Bobmember Kahaneof relishedthe everyCapital opportunityArea toWoodturners spend time with his beloved family, and he0sharedss wasR ancamaraderie avidwith travelerother whowoodturning plannedgroups; many delightful family vacations to Europe over the years;

and WHEREAS, Bob Kahane relished every opportunity to spend time with his beloved family, and he wasWHEREAS, Bob Kahane will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Anna;

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now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Robert Ira Bryan Kahane;

and, be ititGeneral Assembly hereby RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Robert Ira Bryan Kahane as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for his memory.

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