[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 2, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                      TRIBUTE TO ROBERT EBERHARDT

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                         HON. RICHARD W. POMBO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 1994

  Mr. POMBO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a constituent of mine, 
Mr. Robert Eberhardt. Bob was recently honored for his decades of 
service to Ducks Unlimited, a wetlands and waterfowl conservation 
organization that is the largest of its kind in North America.
  Ducks Unlimited was founded 57 years ago. Over this time, it has 
grown to 530,000 members throughout North America. Ducks Unlimited has 
assisted in the restoration of over 6 million acres of habitat 
throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Its primary ongoing 
mission is to provide support for waterfowl migration on the great 
Pacific, Central, Mississippi, and Atlantic flyways.
  Among its half million members, it would be difficult to find anyone 
who has made the long-term commitment of time, resources, and pure 
energy, that Bob Eberhardt has to Ducks Unlimited. In the 30-plus years 
he has been a member, Bob has served in numerous positions in this 
organization, most notably as California state chairman, national 
president, chairman of the board, and chairman of the executive 
committee.
  In particular, the Cosumnes River Project in Sacramento County has 
been a major priority for both Ducks Unlimited and Bob Eberhardt 
personally. The area was first conceived as a refuge over 10 years ago. 
In the past 6 years, it has grown from 500 acres to nearly 5,000 
through acquisition from willing sellers, and voluntary cooperative 
agreements. The success of this project is due to Bob Eberhardt's 
persistence and the 110 percent effort he has put forth over the course 
of the past several years.
  Bob Eberhardt has approached the Cosumnes River Project with the same 
irresistible enthusiasm that he has demonstrated in every civic and 
community service activity he has undertaken in the Stockton area. He 
is renowned for his impressive record of professional civic and 
philanthropic achievements, including work with the University of the 
Pacific and its Pacific Athletic Foundation, the Boy Scouts and other 
men's youth organizations, Rotary International, the Bank of Stockton 
and the California Bankers Association, and many others.
  Bob's wife Mimi has been an invaluable and inseparable partner in all 
of these efforts. Both have been named Stocktonian of the Year by the 
Stockton Board of Realtors for their untiring efforts.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of this House, I thank Bob Eberhardt for his 
efforts with Ducks Unlimited in support of wildfowl conservation, and 
for his significant contributions to California and our Nation.

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