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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND COMMENDING MR. FRANK MEGLIO ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED

SERVICE

     Introduced By: Senators Miller, Gallo, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2018

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Mr. Frank Meglio, a resident of Cranston, is retiring from the State of

Rhode Island after thirty years of exemplary and tireless service. He earned his Bachelor of

Science degree in Zoology-PreMed and his Master’s degree in Clinical Microbiology and

Immunology from Northeastern University; and

     WHEREAS, Prior to his state service, Mr. Meglio served with distinction as the

supervisor of a clinical immunology and virus laboratory for Rhode Island Hospital and had been

appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology with the University

of Rhode Island and the Community College of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Meglio began his meritorious public service career on November 12,

1995, when he accepted a position within the Department of Health Center for Biological

Sciences serving as a Public Health Microbiologist within the Sanitary Microbiology Laboratory.

His duties included analyzing drinking and beach water, shellfish, dairy products and food. In

2001, he became a Clinical Laboratory Scientist and took the lead in the development for testing

of the West Nile Virus, using serologic, molecular and viral tissue culture methods. Thanks to his

leadership and tireless work ethic, Arboviruses were later added to the capability of the Serology

Laboratory; and

     WHEREAS. During his tenure as a Senior Clinical Laboratory Scientist in the Molecular

Biology Laboratory, Mr. Meglio has supported state and national surveillance and

epidemiological investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks. He will be sorely missed and long

remembered for his vast knowledge and expertise, his fervent desire to protect the public, and his

friendly demeanor. He truly was a consummate public servant; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby honors and recognizes Mr. Frank Meglio for twenty-two years of distinguished and

exemplary public service on behalf of the State of Rhode Island. We furthermore wish him a most

happy retirement and good luck in all his future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Frank Meglio.

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