DSS Field Director Carrol VanLandingham


Processing water quality is an important part of inspections by the DSS. The work done by the DSS field office in White Stone, headed by Field Director Carroll J. VanLandingham, is a never ending and often unheralded job. I asked VanLandingham what he likes so much about his job that it would keep him at it in the White Stone office for 39 years. VanLandingham said, “The reason I like this job is I have always loved the Northern Neck. I had a couple of opportunities after college to work in the city. City life isn’t for me. I came back to the Northern Neck in 1972 to this job. It is the kind of job I like. It doesn’t have me in the office every day all day. I am able to come in and do my office work, then I can get out into the field where I can spend a lot of time hands on. When I supervise people I try not to ask anyone to do anything that I would not do myself. I still like to get out on the boat. I love it.” The DSS record of maintaining the quality and safety of shellfish has been incredibly good. There has not been a contaminated shellfish outbreak in Virginia for over 45 years. Occasions of poor handling have been identified and


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