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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ANDREW DAVID

DICKSON

     Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Serpa, Chippendale, Roberts, Shekarchi,
Blazejewski, P Morgan, Shallcross Smith, Solomon, and O'Brien

     Date Introduced: January 18, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Andrew David Dickson was the son of the late Warren Dickson and

Rosemond Dickson. He attained a Bachelor of Education degree from Rhode Island College and

a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Dickson began his distinguished teaching career at Cranston High

School West as a science teacher. This is where he met his future wife, Ann Marie, as she was

also a first year teacher at Cranston High School West. The following year, seeking some

adventure in life, Mr. Dickson left for Kenya where he was a mathematics and physics teacher in

Kisii, Kenya, a British run boarding school. He was so popular, some of his students changed

their first names to his. His adventure in Africa was one of the high points in his life where, in

addition to teaching, he also maintained the school generator, climbed Mt. Kenya and Mt.

Kilimanjaro, and explored the bush country; and

     WHEREAS, Upon returning from Africa, Mr. Dickson began a 42 year civilian career

with the United States Navy as a teacher in the Quonset Apprenticeship Program and later, after

numerous promotions, as Director of Labor and Employee Relations at a regional office located

at the Naval Submarine Base in New London, Connecticut, where he earned high grades for

being a “numbers guy” who had a plethora of knowledge to share and brought out the best in his

employees; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Dickson was a devoted family man who enjoyed coaching his son’s

youth soccer teams and helping him to run his business, assisting his daughter with her

homework, and later taking joy in listening to her many stories as a music teacher. He was a

devoted husband to his wife, Ann Marie, and together they travelled the world. He also helped

her campaign for public office, and helped her deliver Meals on Wheels on the day before

Thanksgiving; and

     WHEREAS, In his free time, Mr. Dickson loved to sing and spend time outdoors. He was

a communicant and member of the church choir of St. Francis de Sales, in North Kingstown, for

more than forty years. He was also a member of the Rhode Island Fish and Game Protective

Association in West Greenwich, and served as their Secretary, Membership Chair, and Newsletter

Chair from 2000 to 2020; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Dickson leaves behind his wife of 56 years, Ann Marie, and his children

Laurel Schwartz and Matthew Dickson. He is also survived by his son-in-law Steve Schwartz,

daughter-in-law Allison Dickson, and his grandchildren Andrew, Graham, and Jared Dickson,

and Amy Picard and Ella Schwartz; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

expresses its deepest condolences to the Dickson Family on the passing of Mr. Andrew David

Dickson; 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 Mrs. Anne Marie Dickson and Family.

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