[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                      TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM E. WOODS

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                            HON. J.J. PICKLE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 5, 1994

  Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I could not let my 
service to the 10th District of Texas conclude without making a few 
remarks in recognition of my good friend and schoolmate, William E. 
Woods. Bill and I have known one another since our days at the 
University of Texas, and although he has since retired to Maryland, I 
am proud to claim him as one of Texas' own.
  Born in the small town of Ballinger, TX, in 1917, Bill Woods spent 
his high school years working in a local drug store. Under the positive 
influence of his employer and mentor, he went on to University of Texas 
to pursue degrees in both pharmacy and law. He practiced law in Corpus 
Christi, TX, and served as the first director of the University of 
Texas Pharmacy Extension Service. In 1964, Mr. Woods began a 20-year 
association with the National Association of Retail Druggists, serving 
as associate general council until 1976 when he was made CEO and 
executive vice president.
  Bill Woods has been a tireless advocate of the independent retail 
pharmacists of this Nation, and defended small business as an essential 
component of the American economy. He also helped secure the survival 
of the independent pharmacist by focusing the Nation's attention on big 
business interests which threatened this vital industry.
  In recent years, Bill Woods established the William Ellis Woods 
Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law to benefit students with a 
special interest in health care law. In addition to his commitment to 
the pharmacy industry, this endowment is an indication to his civic 
pride and his appreciation for the opportunities he has been afforded.
  In my years of association with Bill Woods, I have found him to be an 
admired colleague, an intelligent and dedicated advocate of the 
pharmacy industry, and a true friend. I am sure that all Members of the 
House join me in wishing him and his wife Martha many years of 
happiness in their well-earned retirement.

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