Thomas Hulen Truitt, 76, of Lexington, Virginia, died Monday, December 27, 2011 at his home.
Born April 24, 1935 in St. Louis, MO, he was a son of the late Max O'Rell Truitt and Marian Barkley Truitt.
Surviving are his wife, Katherine R. Truitt of Lexington; children, Anne O'Rell Owen of Purcellville, VA; Lindsey Truitt of Washington, DC; Kendall Barrett of Falls Church, VA; Elly Rachel Truitt of Philadelphia, PA; Sally English Truitt of Boulder, CO; Rebecca Jane Truitt of Asheville, NC; Paul Thomas Truitt of Charlottesville, VA; two brothers, Max O'Rell Truitt, Jr. and Stephen Truitt, both of Washington, DC; fourteen grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted 3 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2011 at Harrison Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be private. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Arrangements are being handled by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington, VA.∼
Thomas Truitt dies; was attorney in Love Canal litigation
Thomas H. Truitt, 76, a retired Washington lawyer whose clients included Occidental Petroleum during its years of litigation over the Love Canal environmental disaster in Upstate New York, died Dec. 27 at his home in Lexington, Va. He was a grandson of senator Alben Barkley (D-Ky.), who served as Harry Truman's vice president.
A spokeswoman for the Virginia medical examiner's office in Roanoke said tests to determine the cause of Mr. Truitt's death are pending. His daughter Lindsey Truitt said that he drowned in a bathtub and that he had been in declining health since he ruptured his aorta in the mid-1990s.
Thomas Hulen Truitt was born in St. Louis and raised in Washington, where he attended the private St. Albans School. After Army service, he graduated from George Washington University in 1960 and from the University of Virginia law school in 1964.
Mr. Truitt was a legal official at the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s. He later joined the firm of Wald, Harkrader and Ross, where he headed the environmental team and served as outside legal counsel for Occidental. In 1985, he became a lawyer at Piper and Marbury and continued to work as a top attorney for Occidental.
The petroleum company made international news in the mid-1970s when it was revealed that a company it had acquired, Hooker Chemical, had decades earlier dumped more than 20,000 tons of chemical waste in the working-class Love Canal section of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Hundreds of families affected by the waste were evacuated, and the chemicals were blamed for birth defects and illnesses. Cleanup at Love Canal, which became one of the country's first major environmental emergencies, lasted more than two decades.
In 1995, Occidental agreed to pay $129 million to the federal government for cleanup costs. A year earlier, the company reached a $98 million settlement with the state of New York, which had sought hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution.
Quoted in the Buffalo News, Mr. Truitt called the resolution with the state "a good settlement. The state gave up [potentially] a lot of money. We paid a lot of money. They gave up a lot more than we paid."
His marriages to Jane Hadley, Susanne Stone, Beatrice Wellner, Joan Stiefel, Leslie Smith and Leigh Jenkins ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Katherine Funk Truitt of Lexington; a daughter from his first marriage, Anne O'Rell Owen of Purcellville; three daughters from his second marriage, Lindsey Truitt of Washington, Sally Truitt of Lyons, Colo., and Kendall Truitt of Falls Church; a daughter from his fourth marriage, Elly Truitt of Philadelphia; two children from his sixth marriage, Paul Truitt and Rebecca Truitt, both of Lexington; two stepchildren, Matt Bretz of La Crescenta, Calif., and Sarah Bretz of San Diego; two brothers, Steve Truitt and Max Truitt, both of Washington; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post
Washington, D. C.
December 2011∼
Born April 24, 1935 in St. Louis, MO, he was a son of the late Max O'Rell Truitt and Marian Barkley Truitt.
Surviving are his wife, Katherine R. Truitt of Lexington; children, Anne O'Rell Owen of Purcellville, VA; Lindsey Truitt of Washington, DC; Kendall Barrett of Falls Church, VA; Elly Rachel Truitt of Philadelphia, PA; Sally English Truitt of Boulder, CO; Rebecca Jane Truitt of Asheville, NC; Paul Thomas Truitt of Charlottesville, VA; two brothers, Max O'Rell Truitt, Jr. and Stephen Truitt, both of Washington, DC; fourteen grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted 3 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2011 at Harrison Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be private. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Arrangements are being handled by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington, VA.∼
Thomas Truitt dies; was attorney in Love Canal litigation
Thomas H. Truitt, 76, a retired Washington lawyer whose clients included Occidental Petroleum during its years of litigation over the Love Canal environmental disaster in Upstate New York, died Dec. 27 at his home in Lexington, Va. He was a grandson of senator Alben Barkley (D-Ky.), who served as Harry Truman's vice president.
A spokeswoman for the Virginia medical examiner's office in Roanoke said tests to determine the cause of Mr. Truitt's death are pending. His daughter Lindsey Truitt said that he drowned in a bathtub and that he had been in declining health since he ruptured his aorta in the mid-1990s.
Thomas Hulen Truitt was born in St. Louis and raised in Washington, where he attended the private St. Albans School. After Army service, he graduated from George Washington University in 1960 and from the University of Virginia law school in 1964.
Mr. Truitt was a legal official at the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s. He later joined the firm of Wald, Harkrader and Ross, where he headed the environmental team and served as outside legal counsel for Occidental. In 1985, he became a lawyer at Piper and Marbury and continued to work as a top attorney for Occidental.
The petroleum company made international news in the mid-1970s when it was revealed that a company it had acquired, Hooker Chemical, had decades earlier dumped more than 20,000 tons of chemical waste in the working-class Love Canal section of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Hundreds of families affected by the waste were evacuated, and the chemicals were blamed for birth defects and illnesses. Cleanup at Love Canal, which became one of the country's first major environmental emergencies, lasted more than two decades.
In 1995, Occidental agreed to pay $129 million to the federal government for cleanup costs. A year earlier, the company reached a $98 million settlement with the state of New York, which had sought hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution.
Quoted in the Buffalo News, Mr. Truitt called the resolution with the state "a good settlement. The state gave up [potentially] a lot of money. We paid a lot of money. They gave up a lot more than we paid."
His marriages to Jane Hadley, Susanne Stone, Beatrice Wellner, Joan Stiefel, Leslie Smith and Leigh Jenkins ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Katherine Funk Truitt of Lexington; a daughter from his first marriage, Anne O'Rell Owen of Purcellville; three daughters from his second marriage, Lindsey Truitt of Washington, Sally Truitt of Lyons, Colo., and Kendall Truitt of Falls Church; a daughter from his fourth marriage, Elly Truitt of Philadelphia; two children from his sixth marriage, Paul Truitt and Rebecca Truitt, both of Lexington; two stepchildren, Matt Bretz of La Crescenta, Calif., and Sarah Bretz of San Diego; two brothers, Steve Truitt and Max Truitt, both of Washington; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post
Washington, D. C.
December 2011∼
Thomas Hulen Truitt, 76, of Lexington, Virginia, died Monday, December 27, 2011 at his home.
Born April 24, 1935 in St. Louis, MO, he was a son of the late Max O'Rell Truitt and Marian Barkley Truitt.
Surviving are his wife, Katherine R. Truitt of Lexington; children, Anne O'Rell Owen of Purcellville, VA; Lindsey Truitt of Washington, DC; Kendall Barrett of Falls Church, VA; Elly Rachel Truitt of Philadelphia, PA; Sally English Truitt of Boulder, CO; Rebecca Jane Truitt of Asheville, NC; Paul Thomas Truitt of Charlottesville, VA; two brothers, Max O'Rell Truitt, Jr. and Stephen Truitt, both of Washington, DC; fourteen grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted 3 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2011 at Harrison Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be private. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Arrangements are being handled by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington, VA.∼
Thomas Truitt dies; was attorney in Love Canal litigation
Thomas H. Truitt, 76, a retired Washington lawyer whose clients included Occidental Petroleum during its years of litigation over the Love Canal environmental disaster in Upstate New York, died Dec. 27 at his home in Lexington, Va. He was a grandson of senator Alben Barkley (D-Ky.), who served as Harry Truman's vice president.
A spokeswoman for the Virginia medical examiner's office in Roanoke said tests to determine the cause of Mr. Truitt's death are pending. His daughter Lindsey Truitt said that he drowned in a bathtub and that he had been in declining health since he ruptured his aorta in the mid-1990s.
Thomas Hulen Truitt was born in St. Louis and raised in Washington, where he attended the private St. Albans School. After Army service, he graduated from George Washington University in 1960 and from the University of Virginia law school in 1964.
Mr. Truitt was a legal official at the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s. He later joined the firm of Wald, Harkrader and Ross, where he headed the environmental team and served as outside legal counsel for Occidental. In 1985, he became a lawyer at Piper and Marbury and continued to work as a top attorney for Occidental.
The petroleum company made international news in the mid-1970s when it was revealed that a company it had acquired, Hooker Chemical, had decades earlier dumped more than 20,000 tons of chemical waste in the working-class Love Canal section of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Hundreds of families affected by the waste were evacuated, and the chemicals were blamed for birth defects and illnesses. Cleanup at Love Canal, which became one of the country's first major environmental emergencies, lasted more than two decades.
In 1995, Occidental agreed to pay $129 million to the federal government for cleanup costs. A year earlier, the company reached a $98 million settlement with the state of New York, which had sought hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution.
Quoted in the Buffalo News, Mr. Truitt called the resolution with the state "a good settlement. The state gave up [potentially] a lot of money. We paid a lot of money. They gave up a lot more than we paid."
His marriages to Jane Hadley, Susanne Stone, Beatrice Wellner, Joan Stiefel, Leslie Smith and Leigh Jenkins ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Katherine Funk Truitt of Lexington; a daughter from his first marriage, Anne O'Rell Owen of Purcellville; three daughters from his second marriage, Lindsey Truitt of Washington, Sally Truitt of Lyons, Colo., and Kendall Truitt of Falls Church; a daughter from his fourth marriage, Elly Truitt of Philadelphia; two children from his sixth marriage, Paul Truitt and Rebecca Truitt, both of Lexington; two stepchildren, Matt Bretz of La Crescenta, Calif., and Sarah Bretz of San Diego; two brothers, Steve Truitt and Max Truitt, both of Washington; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post
Washington, D. C.
December 2011∼
Born April 24, 1935 in St. Louis, MO, he was a son of the late Max O'Rell Truitt and Marian Barkley Truitt.
Surviving are his wife, Katherine R. Truitt of Lexington; children, Anne O'Rell Owen of Purcellville, VA; Lindsey Truitt of Washington, DC; Kendall Barrett of Falls Church, VA; Elly Rachel Truitt of Philadelphia, PA; Sally English Truitt of Boulder, CO; Rebecca Jane Truitt of Asheville, NC; Paul Thomas Truitt of Charlottesville, VA; two brothers, Max O'Rell Truitt, Jr. and Stephen Truitt, both of Washington, DC; fourteen grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted 3 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2011 at Harrison Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be private. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Arrangements are being handled by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington, VA.∼
Thomas Truitt dies; was attorney in Love Canal litigation
Thomas H. Truitt, 76, a retired Washington lawyer whose clients included Occidental Petroleum during its years of litigation over the Love Canal environmental disaster in Upstate New York, died Dec. 27 at his home in Lexington, Va. He was a grandson of senator Alben Barkley (D-Ky.), who served as Harry Truman's vice president.
A spokeswoman for the Virginia medical examiner's office in Roanoke said tests to determine the cause of Mr. Truitt's death are pending. His daughter Lindsey Truitt said that he drowned in a bathtub and that he had been in declining health since he ruptured his aorta in the mid-1990s.
Thomas Hulen Truitt was born in St. Louis and raised in Washington, where he attended the private St. Albans School. After Army service, he graduated from George Washington University in 1960 and from the University of Virginia law school in 1964.
Mr. Truitt was a legal official at the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s. He later joined the firm of Wald, Harkrader and Ross, where he headed the environmental team and served as outside legal counsel for Occidental. In 1985, he became a lawyer at Piper and Marbury and continued to work as a top attorney for Occidental.
The petroleum company made international news in the mid-1970s when it was revealed that a company it had acquired, Hooker Chemical, had decades earlier dumped more than 20,000 tons of chemical waste in the working-class Love Canal section of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Hundreds of families affected by the waste were evacuated, and the chemicals were blamed for birth defects and illnesses. Cleanup at Love Canal, which became one of the country's first major environmental emergencies, lasted more than two decades.
In 1995, Occidental agreed to pay $129 million to the federal government for cleanup costs. A year earlier, the company reached a $98 million settlement with the state of New York, which had sought hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution.
Quoted in the Buffalo News, Mr. Truitt called the resolution with the state "a good settlement. The state gave up [potentially] a lot of money. We paid a lot of money. They gave up a lot more than we paid."
His marriages to Jane Hadley, Susanne Stone, Beatrice Wellner, Joan Stiefel, Leslie Smith and Leigh Jenkins ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Katherine Funk Truitt of Lexington; a daughter from his first marriage, Anne O'Rell Owen of Purcellville; three daughters from his second marriage, Lindsey Truitt of Washington, Sally Truitt of Lyons, Colo., and Kendall Truitt of Falls Church; a daughter from his fourth marriage, Elly Truitt of Philadelphia; two children from his sixth marriage, Paul Truitt and Rebecca Truitt, both of Lexington; two stepchildren, Matt Bretz of La Crescenta, Calif., and Sarah Bretz of San Diego; two brothers, Steve Truitt and Max Truitt, both of Washington; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post
Washington, D. C.
December 2011∼
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