[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4699]
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                      RETIREMENT OF CHICK REYNOLDS

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, Chick Reynolds, chief reporter of the 
Official Reporters of Debates, will retire from the Senate effective 
July 7, 1995.
  Mr. Reynolds' career in stenotype reporting began in 1949, when he 
was employed by the Department of Defense. In 1950, he went to work for 
the Alderson Reporting Co. in Washington, DC, where he stayed until 
1971, at which time he opened his own stenographic reporting firm. In 
1974, he was appointed an official reporter with the Senate Official 
Reporters of Debates and became chief reporter in 1988.
  During his working career as a stenotype reporter, Chick was 
considered one of the fastest and most accurate writers in the country.
  His assignments covered every aspect of his profession, some of which 
put him in the center of the headlines of the day. He reported Federal 
agency hearings and various committees in both the House and the 
Senate. He reported the Joseph McCarthy and Jimmy Hoffa hearings on 
Capitol Hill. He was assigned to cover the White House during the 
Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. During his assignment with 
the Kennedy administration, he reported President Kennedy's famous 
Berlin speech and was also in the Presidential motorcade on that tragic 
day in Dallas, TX, when President Kennedy was assassinated.
  Mr. Reynolds has served the Senate and the Nation with distinction 
and loyalty for the past 21 years.
  I know all Senators will join me in thanking Chick for his long and 
dedicated service, and extending our prayerful wishes to him and his 
wife, Lucille, in the coming days.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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