[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 191 (Monday, December 4, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S17881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO REV. RICHARD C. HALVERSON

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, today I rise to recognize and pay 
tribute to a great friend to the Senate. The former Chaplain of the 
Senate, Rev. Richard C. Halverson passed away last week. For 14 years 
he tended to the spiritual needs of this body and all the people who 
make it work.
  Educated at Wheaton College and Princeton Theological Seminary, 
Reverend Halverson worked in several places including California, his 
last place of ministry prior to moving to Washington. As the 60th 
Chaplain of the Senate most of our Nation knew Reverend Halverson from 
the prayer he delivered every morning. His respectful and quiet manner 
was a example to us all for how to conduct ourselves and treat others 
with dignity. I remember with fondness the mornings when I sat as the 
acting President of this chamber, and listened to Reverend Halverson 
speak, urge and console not only the Members of this body but everybody 
listening throughout the Nation.
  Besides his duties as Chaplain of the Senate Reverend Halverson also 
was a minister to the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, MD, and 
an author of several books. He took a lifetime interest in trying speak 
to the improvement of the moral being of individuals, and the moral 
health of our Nation. I will miss Reverend Halverson, our country will 
miss Reverend Halverson, and this body will miss Reverend Halverson, 
but we are all better because of his life. I hope the example of his 
life will continue to set a standard for us all.
  I know that Reverend Halverson's wife Doris and all the members of 
his family know better than all of us what an exceptional and spiritual 
man he was. I want to express my sympathy to them with this loss.

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