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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE THEODORE F.

LOW, FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

     Introduced By: Representatives Azzinaro, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Kennedy, Shallcross
Smith, Chippendale, Edwards, Ajello, Cortvriend, and McGaw

     Date Introduced: March 21, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with sadness that this House has learned of the passing of the

Honorable Theodore F. Low, the beloved husband of Kay Hohenthaner Low for sixty-two years,

the cherished father of Sara Low and Emily Boenning and her husband, Dickson, and a respected

member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from January of 1965 through 1974; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Low was the son of the late Isadore and Cecile Low, and the brother of

Brenda Mann and the late Susan Sauer. He was a lifelong resident of City of Providence, and a

graduate of Moses Brown School, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Brown University, where

he had been Class Vice President, and the Ohio State University Graduate School of Business.

He was employed as President of Sims Corporation, and had worked on alternative energy with

Widmer+Ernst and Blount Energy before retiring to start his own company, TFL and Associates;

and

     WHEREAS, In the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters, during World War II and in three major

battles in the Korean War, Mr. Low served our country with honor in the United States Army,

earning a Bronze Star and retiring at the rank of Captain. He later served with the R.I. Army

National Guard, 43rd Infantry Division, and spear-headed the development and construction of

the Korean War Monument in Providence. From 2005 to 2017, he had served as the Rhode Island

Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his family and career, Mr. Low had been a Trustee of Lincoln

School and Moses Brown School, where he had also served as Vice-Chair of the Board, was

Director of the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island, Planned Parenthood, and the Nurses

Association, and was a longtime member of the University Club of Rhode Island, the Swiss

Alpine Club (Engelberg section), and Willow Dell Beach Club. While in school and throughout

his life, he had also enjoyed athletics, particularly swimming, football, and sailing; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Theodore Low was an officer and a gentleman who lived a

long and successful life, was dedicated to the betterment of our State and his fellow man, and he

will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

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

posthumously honors Theodore F. Low for his service to our State and our Country, and extends

deepest condolences on his passing; 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. Kay Hohenthaner Low and Family.

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