Walter Stosch
OfficePresident pro tempore of the Virginia Senate
Term startJune 23, 2014
Term endJanuary 13, 2016
PredecessorCharles Colgan
SuccessorStephen Newman
Term start 1January 12, 2012
Term end 1January 28, 2014
Predecessor 1Charles Colgan
Successor 1Charles Colgan
State senate 2Virginia
District 212th
Term start 2January 8, 1992
Term end 2January 13, 2016
Predecessor 2Eddy Dalton
Successor 2Siobhan Dunnavant
State delegate 3Virginia
District 373rd
Term start 3January 12, 1983
Term end 3January 8, 1992
Predecessor 3Robison B. James
Successor 3Eric Cantor
Birth nameWalter Allen Stosch
Birth dateAugust 18, 1936 (age 90)
Birth placeFredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseEleanor Herbert
WebsiteOfficial website
BranchUnited States Army
Service years1953–1956
EducationUniversity of Richmond (BS, MBA)

Walter Allen Stosch (born August 18, 1936) is an American politician in the Republican Party.

Early life and education

Stosch was born on August 18, 1936, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and raised in the Northern Neck of Virginia.

He served in the United States Army from 1953–56, then attended the University of Richmond, where he received a BS degree in accounting in 1959. He passed the Certified Public Accountant exam and began practice in Richmond. In 1984, he received an MBA degree from the same school.

He was also an adjunct professor at both Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University.[1]

Career

He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 until 1992, when he was elected to the Senate of Virginia. He was the Majority leader 1998–2007, after which he was named Republican Leader Emeritus. He served as the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for his final term, except for a six-month period when Democrats controlled the chamber. He represented the 12th district, made up of parts of Hanover and Henrico Counties.[2] In 2009, responding to the request of constituent Em Bowles Locker Alsop, Stosch sponsored a monument to Virginia women in Capitol Square, which became law in 2010, and was unveiled in October 2018.[3]

Personal life

He married Eleanor Herbert. They had two children, David and Karen,[1] and four grandchildren, Sarah Stosch Stewart, Ashley Watson, Kelly Stosch Chaffin, and Brian Watson.

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Virginia State Senator Walter Stosch. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  2. ^ Senate of Virginia bio
  3. ^ Maura Mazurowski, Woman attorneys saluted as Part of Virginia's history, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 34, No. 20 (October 14, 2019) p. 7

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