Virginia SR 5: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Patricia Keyser Smith Ticer.

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18104288D 

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 5 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 5, 2018 

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Patricia Keyser Smith 
Ticer. 

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Patrons-- Ebbin, Barker, Black, Carrico, Chafin, Chase, 
Cosgrove, Dance, Deeds, DeSteph, Dunnavant, Edwards, Favola, Hanger, Howell, 
Lewis, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, Mason, McClellan, McDougle, McPike, Newman, 
Norment, Obenshain, Peake, Petersen, Reeves, Ruff, Saslaw, Spruill, Stanley, 
Stuart, Sturtevant, Suetterlein, Surovell, Vogel, Wagner and Wexton 

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WHEREAS, the Honorable Patricia Keyser Smith Ticer, a 
dedicated public servant who broke barriers as the first woman mayor of 
Alexandria and represented the residents of the 30th District in the Senate of 
Virginia, died on August 7, 2017; and

WHEREAS, born Patricia Keyser Smith in Washington, D.C., on 
January 6, 1935, Patricia �Patsy� Ticer grew up in Alexandria; she graduated 
from George Washington High School in 1951 and earned a bachelor�s degree in 
political science from Sweet Briar College in 1955; and

WHEREAS, Patsy Ticer enjoyed a career as a real estate agent 
and served the community through civic groups, parent-teacher associations, and 
local charitable organizations, including Alexandria Hospital; she also helped form 
the Alexandria Commission for the Arts; and

WHEREAS, in 1956, Patsy Ticer married Alexandria City Council 
member Jack Ticer, who later urged her to run for the Alexandria City Council; 
and

WHEREAS, Patsy Ticer began her service as a public official when 
she was elected to the Alexandria City Council in 1982 for the first of three 
terms, in which she made early childhood development, education, and affordable 
housing her priorities; and

WHEREAS, Patsy Ticer was selected by her colleagues to serve 
as vice mayor in 1984, and she chaired the Northern Virginia Planning District 
Commission from 1985 to 1987; and

WHEREAS, upon succeeding the Honorable James P. Moran, Jr., 
following his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1990, 
Patsy Ticer became Alexandria�s first woman mayor; and

WHEREAS, Patsy Ticer�s service to Alexandria included 
sponsoring the first extensive revision of the Alexandria Master Plan in 1992, 
establishing an Alexandria Office of Early Childhood Programs, creating Alexandria�s 
Early Childhood Development Commission, and, at the state level, serving as 
vice chair of the Governor�s Council on Child Day Care and Early Childhood 
Programs; and

WHEREAS, Patsy Ticer chaired the Board of Directors of the 
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in 1994 and was awarded the 
Elizabeth and David Scull Metropolitan Public Service Award, the organization�s 
highest honor, in 1996; and

WHEREAS, Patsy Ticer served as chair of the Northern Vi