[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       TRIBUTE TO EDWARD HIDALGO

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 1, 1995
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to pay tribute to a former 
Secretary of the Navy, Edward Hidalgo, who recently passed away. 
Hidalgo, who served the Navy as the Secretary from 1979 to 1981 was 
also a lawyer in Washington who specialized in international corporate 
law.
  Hidalgo, born in Mexico City, came to the United States in 1918 and 
grew up in New York. He graduated magna cum laude from Holy Cross 
College in 1933 and in 1936 he graduated from Columbia University Law 
School. He received another law degree in civil law from the University 
of Mexico Law School. He practiced law in New York before his service 
in the Navy.
  He began his service in the Navy in 1942, during World War II, during 
which time he was assigned to the State Department where he was a legal 
advisor in 1942 and 1943. He was later assigned to the Pacific as an 
air combat intelligence officer aboard the carrier Enterprise. Hidalgo 
received the Bronze Star for his service.
  Following World War II, in 1945, he worked on the Eberstadt Committee 
on the unification of the Armed Services. He was special assistant to 
Navy Secretary James Forrestal in 1945 and 1946. After which he 
continued to practice international law in Mexico and then Paris.
  Hidalgo became the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for manpower, 
reserve affairs, and logistics in 1977. In October 1979, he became the 
Secretary of the Navy.
  Edward Hidalgo not only faithfully served this country throughout his 
lifetime, but lived his life to the fullest in all that he partook. I 
urge my colleagues to join me in sending sympathy to the members of his 
family that he leaves. Survivors include his wife, Belinda, four 
children, and six grandchildren.




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