2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 44
Celebrating the life of Marqueta Neal Tyson.
Agreed to by the Senate, January 22, 2026
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 26, 2026
WHEREAS, Marqueta Neal Tyson, a respected attorney and active and beloved member of the Hampton community, died on September 24, 2025; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from Hampton High School in 1972, Marqueta Tyson earned a bachelor's degree in mass media in 1976 from what is today Hampton University, where she was notably the first female announcer for the Marching Pirates; thereafter, she earned a master's degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University; and
WHEREAS, Marqueta Tyson returned to her alma mater and taught broadcast journalism and television production in the Scripps Howard School of Journalism at Hampton University; and
WHEREAS, Marqueta Tyson then worked in the marketing communications department of the GE Aircraft Engine Business Group for some time before founding her own marketing communication and public relations firm, Pulse Communications, which assisted various Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit organizations; and
WHEREAS, Marqueta Tyson struck out on a new career path in 1995 when she enrolled at the Case Western Reserve School of Law, where she was elected president of the student body; and