[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 83 (Monday, May 15, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E629-E630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF THE HONORABLE JOE MAY

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                         HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 15, 2017

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to recognize the Honorable 
Joe May, my friend and former colleague from the House of Delegates of 
the Virginia General Assembly. Delegate May has had both an illustrious 
business career, in which he has served as the Founder, Chief 
Technology Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of 
Electronic Instrumentation and Technology (EIT), and a distinguished 
career as a public servant as he honorably and capably represented the 
people of Virginia's 33rd House District for two decades.
  Delegate May has dedicated most of his life serving the people of 
Virginia, starting with his service in the United States military. 
Afterwards, Delegate May became a professional engineer and has since 
excelled in the field of electrical engineering, as he obtained 24 
patents for a variety of inventions, including, among others, a 
signature reproduction machine, an instrument to measure the curvature 
of railroad tracks, and the instrument used for measuring octane on 
gasoline. Then in 1977, soon after he relocated to Loudoun County, 
Delegate May and his wife, Bobby, founded Electronic Instrumentation 
and Technology (EIT), which provides electronic manufacturing and 
engineering services for the medical, communications, industrial 
process control and analytical instrument markets. EIT would later 
evolve into a multi-million-dollar company and has been instrumental to 
the development and success of Loudoun County's economy during a period 
when the county's economy has flourished.
  In 1993, the year that would mark the advent of his political career, 
Delegate May was first elected to the House of Delegates from 
Virginia's 33rd District, which at the time included parts of Clarke, 
Fairfax, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties. In the House of Delegates, 
Delegate May's sharp business acumen and unique experience as only one 
a few professional engineers in the entire General Assembly, enabled 
him to play an integral role in passing numerous legislative initiates, 
including a bill to establish the House's Science and Technology 
Committee, of which he would later serve as chair. Through his time as 
Chair of both the Joint Commission on Technology and Science and the 
Science and Technology Committee, Delegate May helped promote 
legislation that allowed Loudoun County to become a leading innovator 
in the technology sector while also ensuring that western Loudoun 
retained its bucolic character.
  For Delegate May's innumerable contributions in both his career as an 
entrepreneur and public servant, a remarkable number of well-deserved 
accolades and honors have been bestowed upon him, including being 
inducted into Virginia Tech's College of Engineering Academy of 
Engineering Excellence, being named the Loudoun Times-Mirror's Person 
of the Year for 2012, and being recognized as the Legislator of the 
Year by multiple associations, such as the Virginia Soil, Water and 
Conversation Districts, the Virginia Cable and Telecommunications 
Association, and the Virginia Biotechnology Association and Virginia 
Transit. Delegate May is the true embodiment of a public servant, and 
the residents of Virginia will benefit for years to come from his 
lifetime of service to the Commonwealth. It is honor to call him a 
friend and I wish him all the best as he continues his focus on the 
development and expansion of EIT and on whatever future endeavors he 
may pursue.

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