[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]
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     ADMIRAL ROBERT C. J. KRASNER, OUR ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, RETIRES

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                            HON. JACK BROOKS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Admiral 
Robert C. J. Krasner, the attending physician to Congress. In 1989, I 
came very close to losing my life with a severe case of ideopathic 
pancreatitis. From the inception of the attack, Admiral Krasner was at 
my side and remained in constant supervision throughout the month I 
remained in ICU and during recuperation at Bethesda Naval Hospital. His 
steady and effective counsel, advice and oversight during my medical 
ordeal were a major reason I pulled through and I owe him a great debt 
of gratitude--if not my life.
  Admiral Robert Krasner has provided outstanding service during his 
years in the attending physician's office. He served as staff physician 
from 1980 to 1982. Following another assignment, he returned in 1986, 
as a Captain in the Navy, to the U.S. Capitol as director of clinical 
services and was appointed the attending physician and promoted to rear 
admiral in May 1990.
  Having devoted most of his life--from 1971 to the present--to the 
field of medicine, Admiral Krasner has decided to retire at the end of 
December and go to work for the Holding Company McAndrews and Forbes in 
New York.
  Admiral Krasner's whole life has been given to the health and welfare 
of individuals in all parts of the world: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sardinia, 
London, Panama, Jakarta, Indonesia; California, Baltimore and 
Washington, DC.
  During his distinguished medical career with the United States Navy, 
Admiral Krasner has always exemplified the highest qualities of 
professionalism and integrity. He will be deeply missed by the Members 
of the United States Congress and by me personally, who has come to 
know him as a very good friend.
  I wish for him, his lovely wife Leslie, their daughter Jessica and 
their son Justin a wonderful future. I know that he will be successful 
in his new venture and I only hope he receives the best life has to 
offer--he deserves it.

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