Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock, Sr.

Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on November 13, 1955. He is a fourth-generation resident of Caroline and Spotsylvania Counties. Orrock graduated from Ladysmith High School in 1974 and attended Germanna Community College for a year before transferring to Virginia Tech, where he earned a B.S. in Agriculture Education in 1978. He later received a Master's degree in the same field from Virginia State University in 1988. For 39 years, he worked as an agricultural education teacher, primarily at Spotsylvania High School. First elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1989, he is the most senior member of the House. He has also been a volunteer EMT with the Ladysmith Volunteer Rescue Squad since 1973 and serves as a deacon and trustee at Bethany Baptist Church.