2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 165
Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Thomas Bulova, USAR.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 25, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, March 5, 2026
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Thomas Bulova, USAR, an honorable veteran and an active and beloved member of the Fairfax County community, died on December 29, 2025; and
WHEREAS, a native of Syracuse, New York, Richard “Dick” Thomas Bulova enlisted in the United States Army before graduating with a bachelor's degree in physics from Syracuse University in 1962 and receiving a Reserve Officers' Training Corps commission in the infantry; and
WHEREAS, following his second tour of active duty, Dick Bulova relocated to Washington, D.C., to serve the United States Department of the Army as a project engineer developing night vision and countersurveillance technology; and
WHEREAS, Dick Bulova served his country with honor and distinction during the Vietnam War, remained active with the United States Army Reserves, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel, and was later appointed to the United States Army Acquisition Corps, retiring as a GS-14 in 1994; and
WHEREAS, Dick Bulova gave generously of his time and expertise for the benefit of others in various capacities, including as a teacher's aide, guest lecturer, and science fair judge at local schools, as a youth catechist at his church, as an ombudsman at an assisted living home, as an officer of election, and as a marriage celebrant, a role in which he performed hundreds of weddings for couples throughout Northern Virginia; and