[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 12, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: July 12, 1994]
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                       TRIBUTE TO JAMES P. GANNON

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 12, 1994

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize the work of a man who has labored among us for over 30 years.
  James P. Gannon, Washington bureau chief for the Detroit News and 
national affairs columnist for the Gannett Co. newspapers, has elected 
to retire early and pursue writing at a more leisurely pace than 
Washington sometimes allows.
  Mr. Gannon came to the Detroit News in 1988 with a wealth of 
experience ranging from executive editor, then editor of The Des Moines 
Register for more than 10 years, to 17 years as a reporter and bureau 
chief at The Wall Street Journal. It was during his tenure in Iowa that 
the statewide daily won three Pulitzer Prizes.
  Among his colleagues, he is known as a very serious and intense 
writer with a fine news sense. He is often thought of as an old-
fashioned purist when it comes to news--one who prefers economic 
stories over the current trend toward the lighter, more trivial ones.
  I've enjoyed many opportunities to talk about important issues with 
Jim Gannon. I have known him to be a journalist of substance and 
integrity.
  I would like to take this occasion to wish him and his family well 
and to note his tremendous contribution to journalism overall.

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