[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2187]
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                   IN APPRECIATION OF DR. HARRY SCARR

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                          HON. CARDISS COLLINS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 15, 1995

  Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I join with Chairman Bill 
Clinger in expressing our deepest sympathy to the wife and children of 
Dr. Harry Scarr, the Deputy Director of the Census Bureau.
  Dr. Scarr is one of those outstanding individuals who devoted his 
professional time and energies to making the Federal Government work 
better to serve the public. Trained at Harvard and the University of 
Michigan, Dr. Scarr chose to devote his considerable talent to public 
service, and we are all the better for it.
  There are a number of sensitive positions in the Federal Government 
that require a manager with both skill and tact. Dr. Scarr held several 
of those posts. During the 1970's he worked at the Department of 
Justice guiding policy and planning decisions for research and 
statistics on the Federal Justice System. Among the positions he held 
there were the assistant director in the Office of Policy and Planning, 
administrator of the Federal Justice Research Program, and Director of 
the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
  In the 1980's he moved to the Department of Commerce Economic and 
Statistics Administration. He subsequently was appointed Deputy and 
then Acting Director of the Census Bureau. Dr. Scarr brought stability 
to the Census Bureau which was without a director for a year and a 
half.
  The Federal Government has many dedicated and hard working employees. 
The dedication and contribution of Dr. Harry Scarr was among its best.

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