[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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  HOUSE SALUTES LYMAN BEEMAN JR., PAPER INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY LEADER

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                        HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 24, 1994

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, Lyman A. Beeman Jr. of Bolton Landing, NY 
died unexpectedly last Saturday after a short illness.
  I have lost a friend, and the community has lost an outstanding 
leader. Lyman Beeman was a man of so many parts, that it's hard to 
decide where to begin. He was a war hero, a business leader, a 
conservationist, and a pillar of the community, contributing in a 
variety of ways.
  Mr. Beeman retired as president of the paper company Finch, Pruyn and 
Company in 1982. He had started with the company in 1950, rising to 
vice president of marketing in 1959 and senior vice president in 1970. 
In 1980, he succeeded his father, Lyman A. Beeman Sr., as president.
  He was equally known in the community for his tireless work with a 
number of civic groups, including the Glens Falls YMCA, the Hyde 
Collection, and Lake George Fund. He was also a trustee of the 
Adirondack Community College Foundation. At the time of his death he 
was serving as director of the Lake George Basin Conservancy and as a 
member of the board of directors of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy 
and Adirondack Land Trust.
  Ask anyone who worked with him on these various groups, and they'll 
tell you there was no finer organizer or fund raiser. He was a 
thoughtful, quiet persuader who could enlist the talents and 
commitments of others.
  He showed his distinguishing characteristics while still a young man. 
He was a first lieutenant with the 31st Fighter Group in the European 
Theater of World War II. In that conflict, he flew 30 missions and 
earned the Air Medal with three clusters.
  After the war he got his degree from Williams College and worked in 
several positions before beginning his successful career with Finch, 
Pruyn.
  Mr. Speaker, America is a great country because it produces a higher 
percentage of people like Lyman Beeman than any other nation. I refer 
to people who learned how to serve their community by first learning 
how to serve their country. Many things are expected of people who have 
many gifts to offer. That certainly applies to Mr. Beeman.
  And so, Mr. Speaker, I ask Members of this House to join me as I 
express my deepest sympathies to Mr. Beeman's wife, Leigh, to his son, 
three daughters, and three stepsons, for their loss. Lyman A. Beeman 
Jr. was a great man, a patriotic American, and a good friend.

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