[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 20 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E199-E200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO CLAIR A. HILL

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                           HON. WALLY HERGER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 16, 1996

  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning, to recognize Clair A. 
Hill, an outstanding leader in the State of California.
  Mr. Hill has been an active public servant in northern California for 
30 years and has served as chairman of the California Water Commission, 
a director of the California Chamber of Commerce, and an active member 
of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
  His dedication to the balanced management of California's water 
supply was recognized by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in its citizen 
award to him for outstanding lifelong commitment to the wise use and 
development of California's water resources.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish to submit for the Record the following written 
tribute to Mr. Hill in recognition of his distinguished public service 
and his extraordinary efforts to improve California water management.

    In Recognition of Clair A. Hill for Extraordinary Public Service

       Whereas, Clair A. Hill is leaving the California Water 
     Commission after 30 years of public service on this body, his 
     tenure having spanned the terms of seven governors; and
       Whereas, Mr. Hill began his service on the California Water 
     Commission in 1949, when it was then known as the State Water 
     Resources Board, and has ably served as Vice-Chair and Chair 
     of that body; and
       Whereas, His interest in, and dedication to, multi-purposed 
     coordinated management of California's water supply was 
     recognized by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in its Citizen Award 
     to him for ``outstanding lifelong commitment to the wise use 
     and development of California's water resources''; and
       Whereas, Mr. Hill's history of involvement in water 
     resources management at the statewide level is demonstrated 
     by his long association with the California Water Plan. In 
     1957, he signed the State Water Resources Board's letter 
     transmitting Department of Water Resources Bulletin 3, the 
     first California water plan. In his most recent term on the 
     California Water Commission, he participated in the 
     Commission public hearing on the latest update of the plan; 
     and
       Whereas, As fishery issues have increasingly becoming 
     become an important component of water resources management, 
     Mr. 

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     Hill has represented the California Water Commission before Congress 
     and before federal agencies to seek funding for needed 
     federal fishery restoration projects; and
       Whereas, Mr. Hill has been a lifelong resident of northern 
     California, having been founder and president of the Redding 
     engineering firm of Clair A. Hill and Associates, now grown 
     to the international firm of CH2MHill. In addition to his 
     participation on the California Water Commission, he has 
     served as a director of the California Chamber of Commerce 
     and has been involved with the American Society of Civil 
     Engineers; and
       Whereas, Mr. Hill's wealth of knowledge on California water 
     resources management and long experience in helping the State 
     meet its water supply needs have made him an invaluable asset 
     to the Water Commission;
       Now, therefore, We express our sincere thanks to Mr. Hill 
     for his service to the people of California and of the 
     Nation, and commend him for his personal and professional 
     contributions throughout his career to help improve 
     California water management.

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