HR572: Commending William J. Kilberg.

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 572

Offered September 18, 2014
Commending William J. Kilberg.
Patron-- Comstock

WHEREAS, William J. Kilberg of McLean, a respected attorney and government and community leader, received the 2014 Torch of Learning Award from the American Friends of the Hebrew University; and

WHEREAS, the Torch of Learning Award is presented annually to a member of the legal community who has consistently shown concern for justice, supported higher education, and demonstrated leadership, professionalism, and humanitarianism; and

WHEREAS, William Kilberg was appointed in 1973 as Solicitor for the U.S. Department of Labor, becoming the youngest person ever confirmed for a sub-Cabinet post, and served in various other capacities during the Nixon and Ford administrations; and

WHEREAS, William Kilberg was also appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the Commission on White House Fellowships, and he went on to serve in two presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012; and

WHEREAS, deeply respected by his peers, William Kilberg is a senior partner in Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher, LLP, and served as the partner-in-charge of the Washington, D.C., office; he is a Charter Fellow and President of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a Charter Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; and

WHEREAS, working to enhance the community, William Kilberg was a founder of Palmer National Bank and is a member of the Mid-Atlantic region board of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, the Board of The Potomac School, the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Lawyers Committee; and

WHEREAS, William Kilberg has won numerous other awards and accolades for his good work, including recognition from the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Washington, D.C. Chamber of Commerce, and the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations; and

WHEREAS, William Kilberg has been honored at the Torch of Learning Award dinner at the Park Hyatt in Washington, D.C. on September 17, 2014; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That William J. Kilberg hereby be commended on receiving the 2014 Torch of Learning Award from the American Friends of the Hebrew University; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to William J. Kilberg as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for his achievements and contributions.


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 572
Commending William J. Kilberg.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, September 18, 2014

 

WHEREAS, William J. Kilberg of McLean, a respected attorney and government and community leader, received the 2014 Torch of Learning Award from the American Friends of the Hebrew University; and

WHEREAS, the Torch of Learning Award is presented annually to a member of the legal community who has consistently shown concern for justice, supported higher education, and demonstrated leadership, professionalism, and humanitarianism; and

WHEREAS, William Kilberg was appointed in 1973 as Solicitor for the U.S. Department of Labor, becoming the youngest person ever confirmed for a sub-Cabinet post, and served in various other capacities during the Nixon and Ford administrations; and

WHEREAS, William Kilberg was also appointed by President Ronald W. Reagan to the Commission on White House Fellowships, and he went on to serve in two presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012; and

WHEREAS, deeply respected by his peers, William Kilberg is a senior partner in Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher, LLP, and served as the partner-in-charge of the Washington, D.C., office; he is a Charter Fellow and President of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a Charter Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; and

WHEREAS, working to enhance the community, William Kilberg was a founder of Palmer National Bank and is a member of the Mid-Atlantic region board of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, the Board of The Potomac School, the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Lawyers Committee; and

WHEREAS, William Kilberg has won numerous other awards and accolades for his good work, including recognition from the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Washington, D.C. Chamber of Commerce, and the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations; and

WHEREAS, William Kilberg has been honored at the Torch of Learning Award dinner at the Park Hyatt in Washington, D.C. on September 17, 2014; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That William J. Kilberg hereby be commended on receiving the 2014 Torch of Learning Award from the American Friends of the Hebrew University; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to William J. Kilberg as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for his achievements and contributions.