Skip to main content
Back to search resultsResolution 150592

Recognizing and honoring the legacy of Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III, who served as an Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, a Major in the Delaware Army National Guard and the Attorney General of Delaware.

View file history View official file on Legistar →

File details

Status
Adopted
Type
Resolution
Introduced
June 11, 2015
Sponsors
CNCouncilmember NeilsonCGCouncilmember GreenleeCGCouncilmember GoodeKenyatta JohnsonCOCouncilmember O'BrienMark SquillaCTCouncilmember TascoCOCouncilmember OhCRCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCurtis Jones, Jr.

Full Bill

WHEREAS, Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III was born on February 3, 1969 in Wilmington, Delaware; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Biden was active in his fraternity while an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, the Honorable Beau Biden later received his Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University in 1994, and afterwards he was a law clerk for the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire; and

WHEREAS, From 1995 to 2004, he worked in Philadelphia as a Counsel to the Office of Policy Developments at the Department of Justice where he specialized in gun control, women’s rights laws, and child protection laws, and as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office; and

WHEREAS, In 2003, Mr. Biden became a member of the Delaware Army National Guard and was a Major in the Judge Advocate General Corps in the 261st Signal Brigade in Smyrna, Delaware; and

WHEREAS, He served as Attorney General of Delaware from 2007 to 2015, where he championed stricter punishments and registration requirements for sex offenders; and

WHEREAS, As The Honorable Beau Biden served as Attorney General, his National Guard unit was deployed to Iraq in 2008, and he returned from Iraq after a year once his active duty was completed; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Biden was posthumously awarded the Legion of Merit for his military contributions; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Biden has dedicated his life to serving not only the Philadelphia region, but the nation as well, and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Beau Biden passed away on May 30, 2015 at the age of 46; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That it hereby recognizes and honors the legacy and life of Beau Biden.

RESOLVED FURTHER, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Beau Biden further evidencing the sincere respect and admiration of the City Council of Philadelphia.

End

Timeline

File history

A file can move through several public steps, including introduction, hearings, amendments, votes and final action. This timeline puts those events in date order, groups routine entries from the same day, and attaches published member votes to the action they record.

  1. Council ActionCITY COUNCIL

    ADOPTED

    Other recorded action without a published tally.

    Official action detail

    Source: LegislationDetail.aspx · gridLegislation

    View official action on Legistar ↗
    UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

    Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

    Pass
    Official action detail

    A motion was made by Councilmember Neilson that this matter be Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar. The motion carried unanimously.

    Source: LegislationDetail.aspx · gridLegislation

    View official action on Legistar ↗