HJR333 Summary

• Commends Richard Van Valkenburgh on receiving the Robert Jemison Award from the Alabama Association of Realtors for outstanding service to the real estate industry and communities

• Recognizes Van Valkenburgh as president and owner of Van Valkenburgh and Wilkinson properties, specializing in historic and fine homes in the Huntsville area, and notes his company was among the first ten nationally to become a charter member of the Historic Real Estate Program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation

• Acknowledges his professional affiliations including secretary of the Alabama Association of Realtors, past president of the Huntsville Area Association of Realtors, and active membership in the National Association of Realtors, and notes he was named Realtor of the Year in 2005

• Recognizes his community involvement through memberships in the Kiwanis Club, Historic Huntsville Foundation, and Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce, and his work as a musician and vocalist with the band Reunion

• Passed by the House on February 17, 2010 and adopted by the Senate on March 23, 2010