Virginia SJ 271: Celebrating the life of John Melburn Toups.

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 271 

Offered January 9, 2019 

Prefiled December 27, 2018 

Celebrating the life of John Melburn Toups. 

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Patrons-- Saslaw and Deeds 

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WHEREAS, John Melburn Toups, a respected leader in the civil engineering 
field and a champion for higher education and health care in Northern Virginia, 
died on June 14, 2018; and

WHEREAS, a native of Wichita Falls, Texas, John Toups left his 
studies at Stanford University to join many of the other young men of his generation 
in service to the nation during World War II as a member of the United States 
Army, earning a Silver Star Medal for his gallantry in action; and

WHEREAS, after his honorable military service, John Toups 
attended Compton Junior College and the University of California, Los Angeles, 
before earning a bachelor�s degree in civil engineering from the University of 
California, Berkeley; and

WHEREAS, over the course of his long and successful career as 
a civil engineer, John Toups served as the city engineer for Seal Beach, 
California, and opened his own firm, Toups Engineering, in Orange County, 
California; and

WHEREAS, Toups Engineering was acquired by Planning Research 
Corporation in 1970 and subsequently relocated to Northern Virginia; when John 
Toups retired as president, chair, and chief executive officer of the company 
in 1987, it had become the third-largest employer in the region; and 

WHEREAS, a passionate lifelong learner, John Toups believed 
wholeheartedly in the power of a good education and helped dozens of young 
adults both inside and outside of his family attend college; and 

WHEREAS, as chair of the George Mason University Foundation, 
John Toups helped George Mason University (GMU) grow to become one of the 
largest public universities in the Commonwealth; in addition, he established 
the John Toups Presidential Medal for Excellence in Teaching at the Volgenau 
School of Engineering and provided support for a teaching lab at the school�s 
Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure 
Engineering; and

WHEREAS, John Toups further enhanced the quality of life in 
Northern Virginia through his work as chair of the Inova Health System Board of 
Directors and chair of the Inova Health Foundation, overseeing the growth of Inova 
Hospitals from a two-hospital system to a world-class, multihospital health 
care organization; and

WHEREAS, John Toups also offered his wisdom and visionary 
leadership to a host of other public and private firms in Northern Virginia, 
and he enjoyed fellowship and worship with the community as a longtime member 
of Immanuel Presbyterian Church; and

WHEREAS, throughout his life, John Toups earned many awards 
and accolades for his personal an