The Mathews County Board of Supervisors adopted a proclamation during last Thursday’s board meeting recognizing entrepreneur and philathropist Roz White for her many contributions to Mathews County. In addition, the Mathews Rotary Club presented her with a Paul Harris Award to express appreciation for her many years of support for the club.
The proclamation was a mini-biography of White’s life, from her childhood in Mathews and graduation from Mathews High School, where she was editor of the newspaper, captain and pitcher on the softball team, and valedictorian, to her graduation from Mary Washington College, first job at the Library of Congress, and marriage to Mathews County native, the late Jeff White, her husband of 65 years.
It also outlined the many ways in which White has served Mathews County, including as a founding member of the Mathews Community Foundation and through the charitable trust she and her husband established, The White Foundation, which has provided grants to tea...