[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 1, 1994]
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                     BYRON WHITE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE

  A bill (S. 812) to designate the Federal Courthouse in Denver, CO, as 
the ``Byron White Federal Courthouse,'' and for other purposes, was 
considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third 
time, and passed; as follows:

                                 S. 812

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

       The Federal Courthouse in Denver, Colorado, is designated 
     as the ``Byron White Federal Courthouse''.

     SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.

       Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, 
     map, or other paper of the United States to the building 
     referred to in section 1 is deemed to be a reference to the 
     Byron White Federal Courthouse.

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I am pleased that the bill I introduced 
last April to designate the Federal Courthouse in Denver, CO, the Byron 
White Federal Courthouse has passed in the Senate today.
  As you may know, former Supreme Court Justice Byron White is a native 
of my State of Colorado and served with distinction on our highest 
court from 1962 until his recent retirement in June 1993. It's a great 
honor for the people of the city of Denver and the State of Colorado to 
have its new Federal courthouse named after Byron White, the only 
Coloradoan to sit on the Supreme Court.
  U.S. Justice White was born in Fort Collins and grew up in 
Wellington, CO. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of 
Colorado, a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University and a Yale Law School 
graduate. I would be remiss, at this point, if I did not mention Byron 
White's achievement on the football field which made Coloradoans proud 
of him decades before he was nominated to the Supreme Court. Byron 
White, nicknamed ``Whizzer'' White led the University of Colorado 
football team to an undefeated season and a victory in the Cotton Bowl 
in the 1937-38 season.
  He began his legal career as a law clerk for then-Chief Justice Fred 
Vinson before returning to Colorado where he practiced law for 14 
years. Byron White served as Deputy Attorney General under Attorney 
General Robert Kennedy and then was appointed to the Supreme Court by 
President John F. Kennedy.
  As you know, Mr. President, Byron White stepped down from the Supreme 
Court at the end of the last session in June 1993. His commitment to 
our judicial system and his many years of service to this country 
cannot be understated. I can think of no better way to acknowledge 
Byron White's achievements than to designate the new Denver Federal 
courthouse after him.
  Although Byron White no longer sits on the Supreme Court, I believe 
his contribution to our State and this country will continue to be seen 
and will be reflected in the new Byron White Federal Courthouse.

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