Bill Text: VA HR148 | 2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-10 - Bill text as passed House (HR148ER) [HR148 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HR148-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant, a prominent leader in thoroughbred horse racing who touched countless lives throughout the Commonwealth and the world through her commitment to philanthropy, died on June 28, 2021; and
WHEREAS, born in New York, Magalen "Maggie" Ohrstrom Bryant lived in Connecticut before relocating to Virginia, where she graduated from Chatham Hall preparatory school; she earned a bachelor's degree from Radcliffe College in Massachusetts, then returned to Virginia and settled in Middleburg; and
WHEREAS, having taken up equestrian sports at a young age, Maggie Bryant developed a stable of winning horses at her 1,037-acre farm and was inducted into the Virginia Steeplechase Association Hall of Fame in 2014; and
WHEREAS, Maggie Bryant became the first American female owner to win the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris with her horse Milord Thomas in 2015, and she followed up with wins in 2016 and 2017 with her horse So French; and
WHEREAS, a passionate conservationist, Maggie Bryant established and donated more than 12,000 acres of land in Mississippi to the Tara Wildlife Foundation; she served as chair of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; and
WHEREAS, Maggie Bryant supported young people around the world through the establishment of summer camps in the United States, Montessori schools in Paraguay, and teacher training programs in South Africa; and
WHEREAS, closer to home, Maggie Bryant was a leading investor in the privately owned Dulles Greenway toll road that connects Washington Dulles International Airport to Leesburg; and
WHEREAS, Maggie Bryant will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her children, Magalen C. Werbert, W. Carey Crane III, Michael R. Crane, Kristiane C. Graham, and John C. O. Bryant, and their families; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant; 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 Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for her memory.
