[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN RECOGNITION OF TAYLOE AND HELEN MURPHY

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                         HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 7, 2019

  Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of this 
year's Outstanding Virginians, Tayloe and Helen Murphy, two dedicated 
servant leaders from the First District of Virginia.
  Tayloe Murphy received his Bachelor's degree from Hampden-Sydney 
College in 1953 and his law degree from the University of Virginia in 
1960. He was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1954 
to 1957. He then served aboard the U.S.S. Newport News, and later on 
the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Tayloe Murphy was 
elected to the Virginia General Assembly as a Delegate to represent the 
99th District from 1982 until his retirement in 2000. His committee 
assignments included Labor and Commerce, Courts of Justice, 
Corporations Insurance and Banking, and Chesapeake and Its Tributaries. 
He was later appointed Secretary of Natural Resources under Governor 
Mark Warner. Throughout his political career and beyond, Murphy has 
been a champion of the environment. He has worked hard to be a leader 
in the efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, with includes his 
landmark legislation in 1988, the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act.
  Helen Murphy graduated from Sweet Briar College in 1956, and shortly 
after, married Tayloe. Helen is also an avid environmentalist who has 
dedicated her life to conservation. Helen served on the board of the 
Nature Conservancy, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, and the Virginia 
Outdoors Foundation, among others, and was a founding member of The 
Garden Club of the Northern Neck. Helen also served as the President of 
the Menokin Foundation and was awarded Volunteer of the Year by the 
Association of Fundraising Professionals Central Virginia Chapter in 
1999.
  The couple continues to work to address environmental issues to this 
day. Tayloe and Helen have devoted their lives to leaving a legacy 
through their leadership and unrelenting conservation efforts in the 
Commonwealth and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Tayloe and Helen could 
not be more deserving of this year's Outstanding Virginian Award.
  Madam Speaker, I ask you to join me in recognizing the incredible 
accomplishments and devotion of Tayloe and Helen Murphy. Words alone 
cannot express our gratitude for their service to our great 
Commonwealth of Virginia. May God bless Tayloe and Helen Murphy in all 
their future endeavors.

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