[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]
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                    TRIBUTE TO BOB AND MARIE FEIDLER

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, two remarkable constituents of mine who 
embody the highest values of citizenship, professionalism and family 
retired from their active practice of law recently. Between them, Bob 
and Marie Feidler of Grand Forks, have been members of the North Dakota 
bar for over 90 years and have been in the work force for over 115 
years. They've certainly earned a well-deserved break.
  Marie has been a North Dakotan for over 85 years while Bob is a 
comparative newcomer, coming to North Dakota in the fall of 1945. 
Throughout their adult lives they have been people of achievement and 
compassion who have left their State and community far better for their 
efforts.
  In addition to her legal career, Marie was also an educator for over 
35 years of her professional life. She taught in a variety of levels of 
schools ranging from junior high to the University of North Dakota. Her 
first love, however, was probably the years she spent teaching Latin at 
the high school level where she exposed many of the brightest young 
minds to the basics of a classical education. She was herself a Phi 
Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Dakota and, as one of 
the first women graduates of the law school, earned her law degree with 
distinction. She was president of organizations ranging from the Quota 
Club, to the Grand Forks PTA, to the county bar association and active 
in countless other groups. Her book ``Retrospectives,'' is 
an especially keen insight into the early days of teaching and 
education in North Dakota.
  Bob served in the Army Air Corps during World War II before coming to 
North Dakota. In the years that followed, his strong sense of duty and 
patriotism resulted in his becoming president of virtually every 
veterans service organization including the VFW, American Legions, 
AMVETS and Forty and Eight. He received the highest honor from the 
Hunkpapa tribe of the Sioux Nation when he was inducted into the tribe 
and given the honorary name of Chief Rain-in-the-Face, a Sioux leader 
of the 19th century, following his successful 10-year tenure as States 
Attorney in a county embracing the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. He 
was also a close friend and advisor to political leaders in the State 
including our former colleagues Senators Langer, Burdick and Young. He 
also found the time to pay many visits to hospitalized veterans, 
sustain American Legion baseball, and at the same time provide many 
hours of donated legal services to those most in need.
  Our culture is often overly critical of the legal and teaching 
professions, but this husband and wife team are fine examples of the 
competence, civility, and compassion that two truly professional people 
can bring to our lives. They have made a difference and we wish them 
well in retirement.

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