[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       TRIBUTE TO GEORGE M. WHITE

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                          HON. BILL RICHARDSON

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 6, 1995
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, it is with great respect and admiration 
that I honor today a great American. George M. White, who has served 24 
years as Architect of the Capitol, has announced his retirement, 
commencing November 21, 1995.
  George M. White has established a long and distinguished career, 
having practiced as an architect and as a consulting engineer since 
1948. He is a former electronics design engineer and assistant division 
manager at General Electric Company and a former member of the Faculty 
in Physics and in Architecture at Case Western Reserve University.
  Mr. White zealously gives his time and energy to numerous 
organizations, such as the U.S. Capitol Police Board, the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, and the Board of Regents of the 
American Architectural Foundation. A few of his former affiliations 
have been as Trustee of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, 
Chairman of the Architectural Advisory Group regarding the restoration 
of the Statue of Liberty, and member of the Visiting Committee, 
Department of Architecture and Planning.
  George M. White's reputation is universally acclaimed. He is a former 
member of an international committee of consultants for the Egyptian 
Museum of Cairo and a former Chairman of the Committee of Review of the 
National Capital Development Commission for Canberra, Australia.
  George M. White has served as the designer, protector and preserver 
of our federal buildings in the manner of one who reveres and respects 
the great halls of our nation's Capital. I know all of my colleagues in 
the House of Representatives join me in wishing George M. White much 
happiness and success in the years to come. We shall all miss him.


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