HR134: Celebrating the life of Bruce Malkin.


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 134
Celebrating the life of Bruce Malkin.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 8, 2022

 

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin, an esteemed officer with the United States Department of State and an active and beloved member of the Alexandria community, died on February 13, 2022; and

WHEREAS, after graduating from the magnet program at Central High School in Philadelphia, Bruce Malkin earned a bachelor’s degree in economics with honors from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and completed doctoral coursework at the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin traveled extensively throughout Europe during his studies before returning to Washington, D.C., to embark upon a distinguished career in the foreign service with the United States Department of State; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin advanced the United States’ interests abroad while posted in Kingston, Jamaica, where he served as a consular officer, and in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Singapore, where he served as a commercial attaché; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin devoted the last 13 years of his 34-year career with the United States Department of State at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs as a specialist on human rights, worker rights, and the United Nations; and

WHEREAS, in retirement, Bruce Malkin gave generously of his time in support of his community, teaching English as a Second Language classes to students throughout Northern Virginia while serving with the Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club, including two terms as president; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin’s admirable contributions were recognized by the Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club with its Hixon Award and Tablet of Honor, while the United Community Ministries of Mount Vernon presented Bruce Malkin and his wife, Joanne, with its Gerald W. Hyland Humanitarian Award in 2018; and

WHEREAS, despite gradually losing mobility and dexterity in his later years, Bruce Malkin continued to find immeasurable joy in traveling and spending time with his family and friends; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his loving wife, Joanne; his daughters, Deborah and Jennifer, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Bruce Malkin, a cherished member of the Alexandria community whose warm and good-humored nature was a comfort to all who knew him; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Bruce Malkin as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 134

Offered March 7, 2022
Celebrating the life of Bruce Malkin.
Patron-- Krizek

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin, an esteemed officer with the U.S. Department of State and an active and beloved member of the Alexandria community, died on February 13, 2022; and

WHEREAS, after graduating from the magnet program at Central High School in Philadelphia, Bruce Malkin earned a bachelor’s degree in economics with honors from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and completed doctoral coursework at the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin traveled extensively throughout Europe during his studies before returning to Washington, D.C., to embark upon a distinguished career in the foreign service with the U.S. Department of State; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin advanced the United States’ interests abroad while posted in Kingston, Jamaica, where he served as a consular officer, and in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Singapore, where he served as a commercial attaché; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin devoted the last 13 years of his 34-year career with the U.S. Department of State at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs as a specialist on human rights, worker rights, and the United Nations; and

WHEREAS, in retirement, Bruce Malkin gave generously of his time in support of his community, teaching English as a Second Language classes to students throughout Northern Virginia while also serving with the Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club, including two terms as president; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin’s admirable contributions were recognized by the Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club with its Hixon Award and Tablet of Honor, while the United Community Ministries of Mount Vernon presented Bruce Malkin and his wife, Joanne, with its Gerald W. Hyland Humanitarian Award in 2018; and

WHEREAS, despite gradually losing mobility and dexterity in his later years, Bruce Malkin continued to find immeasurable joy in traveling and spending time with his family and friends; and

WHEREAS, Bruce Malkin will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his loving wife, Joanne; his daughters, Deborah and Jennifer, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Bruce Malkin, a cherished member of the Alexandria community whose warm and good-humored nature was a comfort to all who knew him; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Bruce Malkin as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.