[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        TRIBUTE TO HENRY STRAUSS

 Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a 
distinguished citizen of my home State of Connecticut, Henry Strauss, 
on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
  Mr. Strauss was born in New York City in 1915, where he attended New 
York City public schools and was an intercollegiate diving champion at 
his alma mater, New York University.
  In 1940 he married his wife Joan and a year later began active duty 
in the U.S. Navy, where he served with distinction. He survived the 
worst noncombat disaster in the history of the Navy in a gale off the 
coast of Newfoundland. For helping save the lives of his shipmates, Mr. 
Strauss was cited for heroism and commissioned to command a subchaser 
in the South Pacific through some of the worst naval combat of the war. 
He retired from the Navy in 1946 as a lieutenant junior grade.
  Upon his return from the war, Mr. Strauss moved to Connecticut to 
raise two daughters and start his own business. Through this company, 
Henry Strauss Productions, Mr. Strauss pioneered the use of film to 
teach, train, increase people's productivity, and promote understanding 
between cultures. Clients of Henry Strauss Productions included the 
U.S. Army, the State Department, IBM, United States Steel, and Pan 
American Airways.
  He was the first American film-maker allowed by the Soviet Government 
to make a documentary film on that country, a project he completed in 
1960. Other films he made for his clients included films on England, 
Spain, Tahiti, and Africa. His career culminated with an Academy Award 
nomination for best documentary for his film ``Art Is.''
  Henry Strauss's love of the sea has brought him to navigate six of 
the seven oceans of the world, compete and place in some of the world's 
most prestigious yachting competitions, and earn distinguished 
membership into the Explorers' Club, the Cruising Club of America, and 
the New York Yacht Club.
  Throughout his life he has successfully encouraged his two daughters 
and three grandchildren to be civic-minded and politically active 
citizens.
  Once again I would like to congratulate Henry Strauss on this 
auspicious occasion.


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