[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E591-E592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        REMEMBERING TIM SULLIVAN

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                               speech of

                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 13, 1995
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, thousands of people in Monmouth, Ocean, and 
Middlesex Counties, New Jersey, were helped over the years by a 
dedicated public servant whose name most never knew. This public 
servant worked tirelessly and without personal gain or recognition 
assisting veterans, Social Security beneficiaries, students, and others 
on critical personal problems. He helped mayors and councilmen fix 
bridges, dredge waterways, and restore downtown areas so that men and 
women could work and the Jersey Shore could prosper.
  Timothy F. Sullivan, this public servant in the truest sense, died 
Saturday of a heart attack. For 17 years, from 1965 to 1982, he was 
administrative assistant to Representative James J. Howard, former 
chairman of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee.
  When Jim Howard, my distinguished and accomplished predecessor, won 
an uphill battle for Congress in 1964, he had the good judgment to ask 
Tim, his good friend, fellow teacher, and campaign advisor, to come to 
Washington as his chief aide.
  Because Democrats were rarely elected in that old Third Congressional 
District on any level, Jim Howard's prospects for reelection were less 
than bright. But Jim and Marlene Howard had been eager to take the risk 
and their enthusiasm was catching.
  Tim and his wife, Marilyn, pulled up stakes with six young children. 
Tim quit his job and came to Washington to begin his long career as a 
trusted advisor and manager, taking the heat over the years when 
necessary but not claiming the credit when it was his due. He kept Jim 
Howard's office on an even keel through tough elections and crises in 
the district like life-threatening coastal hurricanes and 
[[Page E592]] proposals to shut down Fort Monmouth and put thousands 
out of work.
  Through it all, he helped Jim Howard develop a reputation for 
excellent constituent service. Tim had a right to be proud in the early 
eighties when the New York Times cited a poll taken of New Jersey 
staffers and Members of Congress in which Jim Howard's office operation 
was voted the best in the New Jersey congressional delegation.
  Many of my colleagues and their staffs will remember Tim as I do, a 
warm and compassionate person with a dry Irish wit that earned him many 
friends and the love of his staff. He was often a help to me as I was 
starting my legislative career and I drew upon his wealth of wisdom and 
experience when I had the opportunity.
  To Marilyn, his wife of 50 years, his 6 children and 10 
grandchildren, I send my deepest condolences for a very great loss.


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