HJR50 Summary

• Commends Joe H. Ritch of Huntsville, Alabama for becoming a member of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors, only the second Alabamian to achieve this honor

• Recognizes Ritch's career as an attorney at Sirote Permutt PC since 1982 and his leadership as chairman of the Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee in successfully marketing Huntsville and North Alabama for military base realignment and closure moves

• Notes Ritch's service on the boards of the Tennessee Valley Growth Coordination Group, University of Alabama Board of Trustees, Appleton Learning, Axiometrics, and the Von Braun Center for Innovative Science

• Acknowledges Ritch's educational credentials including a Bachelor of Science from University of Alabama in Huntsville, a law degree from Samford University, and a postgraduate law degree in taxation from New York University

• House adopted on February 19, 2013; Senate adopted on February 26, 2013