WHEREAS, Wayne Robert Schreiner, a respected civil servant and highly admired member of the Annandale community, died on May 31, 2022; and

WHEREAS, Wayne Robert "Bob" Schreiner grew up in Hays, Kansas, where at a young age, he learned the value of hard work and responsibility while working on his family's farm; he later worked in the motel his family owned and learned masonry and carpentry at his father's construction company; and

WHEREAS, a standout athlete in his school years, Bob Schreiner played football, basketball, and baseball at St. Joseph's Military Academy and basketball and baseball at Benedictine College; he briefly played on a minor league farm team affiliated with the Milwaukee Braves and attended two years of seminary school before finishing his education at Fort Hays State University; and

WHEREAS, Bob Schreiner joined the Central Intelligence Agency as a linguist and subsequently became a member of the agency's Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS); he was stationed in Austria, England, and Thailand over the course of his 33-year career and ultimately retired as director of FBIS in 1996; and

WHEREAS, Bob Schreiner received the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to national security and the intelligence community; and

WHEREAS, after his well-earned retirement, Bob Schreiner's lifelong love of athletics led him to become a member of the Northern Virginia Senior Softball League for many years, including a term as president; and

WHEREAS, Bob Schreiner and his wife, Beth, were accomplished world travelers, having visited 105 countries in North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania; and

WHEREAS, Bob Schreiner authored two books, a memoir about his travels throughout many different wine regions around the world, From Kansas to Kenya: An Uncommon Road for Wine Lovers, and a meticulously researched study of the Schreiner family's history and genealogy, Portrait of a Kansas Family: The Schreiners of Hays; and

WHEREAS, Bob Schreiner was also a former president of the Sleepy Hollow Woods Civic Association and was an active and dedicated volunteer in his neighborhood who hosted an annual wine and cheese social for his fellow community members; and

WHEREAS, Bob Schreiner will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his beloved wife of 56 years, Beth; his children, Robert, Laura, and Julia, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Wayne Robert Schreiner; 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 Wayne Robert Schreiner as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for his memory.