[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             DR. ROBERT FOWLER HONORED FOR MILITARY SERVICE

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                             HON. ZACH WAMP

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 20, 1995
  Mr. WAMP. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor--and proud to number among 
my friends--Dr. W. Robert Fowler, a distinguished citizen of the 3d 
District of Tennessee. Dr. Fowler was recently promoted to major 
general in the Tennessee Army National Guard just before he retired--
exactly 50 years after he first joined World War II.
  He served as well during the Korean war and even returned to duty for 
Operation Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf war in 1990-91, when he 
was the oldest combat soldier serving. That span of service well 
illustrates the achievements and devotion to duty, the community, and 
the Nation that has marked Dr. Fowler throughout his life.
  Dr. Fowler began his career of service in 1945 when he hitchhiked to 
Fort Bragg, NC, to join the 82d Airborne Division. He served in the 
infantry, and after the war attended the University of North Carolina 
and Duke University Medical School. In the Korean conflict, he served 
as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
  Following that conflict, Dr. Fowler spent 26 years practicing general 
surgery and serving the Chattanooga area community. He retired as a 
surgeon in 1984, but in 1987 became active in the Army again when he 
joined the Tennessee Army National Guard as a battalion surgeon. During 
that service, Dr. Fowler conceived of the idea of making Guard units 
available to treat indigent patients. After the Iraqi invasion of 
Kuwait in 1990, Dr. Fowler was called to active duty and served on the 
front lines as a combat surgeon.
  By no means the least of Dr. Fowlers's accomplishments is the fact 
that he married a lady who is well-known and well liked by all of us on 
the Hill--former Congresswoman Marilyn Lloyd, who worked tirelessly for 
20 years to serve the 3d District that I now represent. Our Tennessee 
Gov. Don Sundquist is to be commended for promoting Dr. Fowler to major 
general. I am sure everyone here joins me in congratulating Dr. Fowler 
and in wishing him and his wife--our former colleague--the very best in 
the years ahead.


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