HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 202

(By Delegates Browning and Williams)




Requesting that bridge number 4303 over Morgans Run in Monongalia County scheduled for completion in the fall of 2008 be named "The Charles L. Miller Bridge."

Whereas, Charles L. Miller was born and raised in Preston County, West Virginia and graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1961; and
Whereas, Mr. Miller began his extended career with the State Road Commission, now known as the Division of Highways, working as a Cooperative Student in 1954; and
Whereas, After graduating from West Virginia University, Mr. Miller served in the United States Army where he obtained the rank of Captain; and
Whereas, Following his term of service with the United States Army, Mr. Miller rejoined the Division of Highways steadily rising through the ranks until appointed Commissioner of Highways in 1977 by Governor Rockefeller serving as Commissioner until 1984; and
Whereas, In 1985, Mr. Miller served as State Highway Engineer and Director of Highways for the Arizona Department of Transportation until accepting the position of Associate Administrator for Research and Development with the United States Department of Transportation in 1990; and
Whereas, From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Miller returned to the West Virginia Division of Highways as State Highway Engineer. In 1993, Governor Caperton appointed him Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation; and
Whereas, In 1995, Mr. Miller moved to the Governor's Office where he served as Director of Operations and subsequently as Acting Chief of Staff until retirement from state service in 1997; and
Whereas, Following state service, Mr. Miller continued working in the transportation field as an engineer consultant but is now currently retired and again residing in Preston County, West Virginia; and
Whereas, In 2005, Mr. Miller was one of eleven individuals inducted into the charter class of the West Virginia University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Civil Engineers; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 4303 over Morgans Run in Monongalia County scheduled for completion in the fall of 2008 "The Charles L. Miller Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to cause to be fabricated signs to be erected at each entryway of said bridge, containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the bridge to be "The Charles L. Miller Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways, to Mr. Charles L. Miller and to the Federal Highways Administration in Charleston, West Virginia.