[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 196 (Monday, December 11, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S18370-S18371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              ERNEST BOYER

 Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, it was with great sadness that I 
learned of the death of Ernest Boyer who was president of the Carnegie 
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
  Ernie Boyer was a friend to many of us in the Senate, and to 
thousands who will never know his name but who will feel his influence 
for years to come. His contributions to education are well known. 
``Ready to Learn'' and ``The Basic School,'' his excellent primers on 
the state of American education, both make the strong case that we 
can't start too soon in preparing our children--through education--for 
the world they will face.
  It was my good fortune, Mr. President, to have Ernest Boyer as a 
sounding board, an ally, and a friend. We have lost a remarkable man 
with his death, and I hope that others of us will be able in some small 
measure to carry on with his ideas.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about ``sensible men and conscientious men 
all over the world [who] were of one religion of well-doing and 
daring.'' I believe, Mr. President, that Ernest Boyer's well-doing and 
daring sprang from his sensible view and his conscientious approach. He 
was very fine, and I will miss his counsel and friendship.

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       AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE ON PART OF THE SENATE

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the President 
of the Senate be authorized to appoint a committee on the part of the 
Senate to join with a like committee on the part of the House of 
Representatives to escort His Excellency, Shimon Peres, Prime Minister 
of Israel, into the House Chamber for a joint meeting tomorrow.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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