Justice Randy J. Holland Memorial

CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States Washington, D. C. 20543

June 3, 2013

The Honorable Randy J. Holland Supreme Court of Delaware P.O. Box 369
Georgetown, DE 19947

Dear Randy,

Enclosed is my check to reimburse you for the jacket that you were good enough to find and to send to me. I have worn the jacket any number of times al-ready. It is terrific and many thanks to you and Ilona.

I am leaving soon for points west and expect to enjoy some good summer R&R.

All the best,
Sandra

CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

May 9, 2013

The Honorable Randy J. Holland
Supreme Court of Delaware
P.O. Box 369
Georgetown, DE 19947

Dear Randy,
Thank you for your letter dated April 26, 2013 and for sending me a copy of your new book Delaware’s Destiny Determined by Lewes. I so pleased to have it and look forward to reading it.

I, too, look forward to seeing you in Ilona in New Orleans new
week. It will be good to catch up with you.

Sincerely,
Sandra

Sandra Day O’Connor

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
5434 East Lincoln, Drive, #23
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253

January 8, 2013

Dear Justice O’Connor:

Happy New Year! I hope all is well with you.

I am writing because one of my former law clerks, Paula Ryan, will be sworn in on January 18, 2013, as a Family Court Judge. This is the same Court where Judge Roxanna Arsht served. Paula is a great admirer of yours. It would be extremely meaningful to her if you would inscribe a copy of your book, The Majesty of the Law, to commemorate the beginning of her judicial career.

I have enclosed a copy of your book and a prepaid FedEx return envelope. I sincerely appreciate your kind consideration of this request.

Best personal regards,
Randy

Dear Randy –
The book is signed and
sent. I wish Paula well.
Sandra

/CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

July 24, 2012

The Honorable Randy J. Holland
Supreme Court of Delaware P.O. Box 369
Georgetown, DE 19947

Dear Justice Holland,

Thank you for your letter dated July 24, 2012, inviting me to participate in the American Inns of Court Symposium in New Orleans next May 2013. I would be pleased to do so. I am planning on sitting with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond about that time for a couple of days, but I could plan on traveling to New Orleans the afternoon of May 17 and participate at some point the morning of Saturday, May 18 and then return to Phoenix. Keep me updated on the details.

Congratulations to you and Ilona on a milestone. A 40th wedding anniversary is very special, indeed.

Have a good summer and I look forward to seeing you at some
point.

All the best,
Sandra Day O’Connor

Sandra Day O’Connor

/CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

June 11, 2012

The Honorable Randy J. Holland
Supreme Court of Delaware
P.O. Box 369
Georgetown, DE 19947

Dear Randy,

Thanks so much for your letter of May 29. I am so pleased that iCivics was described to the various middle schools in Delaware. It is a splendid program that is meeting with great success, thanks to help from people such as you who are spreading the word. I am very proud of the website and I think we are going to achieve a substantial increase in the knowledge of our young people who are exposed to it.

All the best to you and Ilona.

Sincerely,
Sandra
Sandra Day O’Connor

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Dear Randy,

Thank you for your excellent leadership in the cause of civic education, especially for your hard work on behalf of iCivics. Your commitment has strengthened the prospects for American democracy.

Over the past few years I have traveled to many places in our country and have met with leaders in education, business, law, and government, encouraging them to take up the cause of civic education. The response has been overwhelmingly positive. Meanwhile, I have also seen how iCivics games delight children while effectively teaching them about our government and civil society.

Thanks to your efforts, iCivics keeps growing at an astonishing rate. At the close of last school year, our games had been played over 2.3 million times by young people all across the nation. I am told that this year, usage of our site is up almost 250% over this same time last year. That’s more than triple the number of people coming to iCivics.org! This really demonstrates that you are part of something important that’s really going somewhere.

I see other signs that are encouraging. Political leaders of all political stripes now feel the urgency of our cause and are taking action. The legislatures of Florida and Maine have recently passed laws requiring civics classes in their schools, and their counterparts in Kentucky and Tennessee are considering similar measures. Perhaps this is something that can happen in your state, too.

There are potential resources to support your work. The federal court library funds of South Carolina and of Washington have both recently set aside some public education funds to underwrite outreach efforts in their respective states. Please let the iCivics staff know if they or I can help you secure similar resources.

I appreciate everything you have done to help make iCivics a success. I want you to know how much this program matters to me and how grateful I am for your efforts in achieving that success. Please stay in touch with us. Together we can make a lasting contribution to our nation’s preservation.

Sincerely yours,
Sandra Day O’Connor

CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

March 8, 2011

The Honorable Randy J. Holland
Supreme Court of Delaware
34 The Circle
P.O. Box 369
Georgetown, DE 19947

Dear Randy,
I understand that you will receive the Dwight D. Opperman Award on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. You are a splendid choice to receive this award. You have served with great distinction as a justice on the Supreme Court of Delaware and you have been highly respected throughout your tenure. Taking the judicial oath is short and simple the succeeding work is a lifetime challenge.

In addition to your work as a judge, you have provided wonderful help and guidance in getting schools across our country acquainted with our website www.iCivics.org to teach students about our government. What inspires others is the steady and unwavering commitment to the simple virtues of citizenship: knowledge, industry, integrity and commitment to community. You have demonstrated these qualities in your day-to-day life in a splendid way.

Your selection for the Dwight D. Opperman Award should be enthusiastically applauded by people inside and outside of Delaware. I join your family and your many friends and colleagues in saluting you.

Sincerely,
Sandra Day O’Connor

CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

November 8, 2010

The Honorable Randy J. Holland
Delaware Supreme Court
Carvel State Office Building
820 North French Street, 11th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801

Dear Randy:
I write to thank you for your continued leadership on behalf of the iCivics education project in Delaware, and to invite you to join me at our first annual meeting of iCivics’ state coordination teams.

State teams are the key to getting iCivics in the classrooms. Thanks to you and other volunteers around the country, we have had a very successful school year so far. More than one million iCivics games have been played to date, our website traffic continues to grow each week, and feedback from teachers and students has been overwhelmingly positive. We must continue to build on our positive momentum to reach students across the country with this valuable free resource.

I hope you will consider joining me, along with the iCivics staff and other state teams, to celebrate our successes and strategize about how we can fulfill our potential: to engage an entire generation of young people in civic learning and participation. The meeting will include presentations by states that have led the way in getting iCivics adopted in the classroom, and focus on strategies that may help with your efforts in Delaware. We will also discuss the strategic vision of iCivics for the coming year, and the crucial role that state teams have in achieving our goals.

Thank you again for generously giving your time and talent to this worthwhile effort. I hope to see you in Pebble Beach next February.

Sincerely,
Sandra

Sandra Day O’Connor

CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

September 26, 2010

The Honorable Randy J. Holland
Supreme Court of Delaware
P.O. Box 369
Georgetown, DE 19947

Dear Randy,

Thank you for your letter dated September 8, 2011, and for having my remarks published in the recent Delaware Lawyer. I am pleased to have copies of that issue for my files.

I have had a busy summer. I have been to Argentina and Uruguay for the State Department, some summer holidays in the south of France, South Africa and Botswana, and a speaking engagement in London. Later this week I will be off to Turkey, again for the State Department. Finally, I hope to travel out of the country for board meetings in Vietnam and speaking commitments in Japan in November.

I hope you are well and that you too have enjoyed your summer.

Sincerely,
Sandra

/CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

June 9, 2010

The Honorable Randy J. Holland
Supreme Court of Delaware
P.O. Box 369
Georgetown, DE 19947

Dear Randy,

Thanks so much for the letter and clippings. The iCivics website has been having excellent exposure around the country. Those who see and use it are increasingly enthusiastic. It is great for middle school children and also some high school children. I so appreciate your help getting it used in your state. I am exceedingly optimistic about the benefits to those students who use the website.

With every good wish,
Sandra Day O’Connor