[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 35 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          TRIBUTE TO AMBASSADOR LAURENCE W. ``BILL'' LANE, JR.

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 23, 1995
  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Ambassador 
Laurence W. ``Bill'' Lane, Jr., an outstanding citizen of California's 
14th Congressional District who has been selected to receive the 
National Parks and Conservation Association's 1994 William Penn Mott, 
Jr., Conservationist of the Year Award in honor of his lifelong 
commitment to parks.
  From the moment Ambassador Lane arrived in California in 1928, he has 
distinguished himself in the fields of conservation, government, and 
commerce.
  While a student at Stanford University, he was a packer and mountain 
guide in Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks. Over the years, his love 
of nature led him to chair the California Desert Conservation Area 
Advisory Committee, serve on the President's National Advisory 
Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, chair the President's National 
Parks Centennial Commission, and serve as the Secretary of the 
Interior's representative on the Steering Committee for the 75th 
anniversary of the National Parks. Most deservedly, he is a recipient 
of the Secretary of the Interior's Conservation Service Award.
  In government, he has served at the international level as U.S. 
Ambassador to Australia and Nauru, as well as Commissioner General and 
Chairman of the Foreign Delegation of the International Ocean 
Exposition in Japan with the rank of Ambassador. I am also very proud 
of the service he provided closer to home as the first elected mayor 
and councilman of Portola Valley, where he currently resides.
  Ambassador Lane became well known to many people as the publisher of 
Sunset magazine and chairman of Lane Publishing Co., now merged with 
Time Warner. He is still a consultant to Time Warner and a member of 
the board of Time, Inc.
  Despite all of his activities, he has still found time to be a 
devoted husband to his wife, Jean, and a caring father for their three 
children--Sharon, Bob, and Brenda.
  Mr. Speaker, Ambassador Lane is truly an exceptional individual who 
has performed outstanding work for our nation and our national parks. I 
urge my colleagues to join me in saluting him for being awarded the 
prestigious William Penn Mott, Jr., Conservationist of the Year Award.


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