[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 89 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1097-E1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO CHARLES W. HYATT

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                            HON. BILL PAXON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 17, 1996

  Mr. PAXON. Mr. Speaker, on the 1st of June, western New York and the 
city of Buffalo lost one of our most respected business and community 
leaders, Charles W. Hyatt.
  Charles Hyatt's story is an American story.
  Charles was a Bronze Star decorated veteran of the U.S. Army. Charles 
Hyatt served during World War II in the U.S. Army Signal Corps with 
Gen. George Patton's troops in 1944.
  Charles Hyatt began his start in business as a sales representative 
for an art supply store in Buffalo, NY. He worked hard, learned the 
business, and in 1959 founded his own company, the Hyatt Graphic Supply 
Co. For the past 36 years, Hyatt's has provided arts and graphics 
supplies for teachers, painters, and artists throughout the city of 
Buffalo, Rochester, and western New York.
  Charles Hyatt earned a national reputation as a business leader. He 
was named the 1988 Man of the Year for the National Art Material 
Association and was inducted into the association's Hall of Fame. 
Charles also was an active leader in his community, working closely 
throughout his lifetime with western New York service and charitable 
organizations.

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  Over his lifetime, Charles Hyatt left a number of legacies: his 
service to his country, his reputation as a business and community 
leader--second to none in our community--and his greatest legacy of 
all, his family. Charles Hyatt is survived by his family, his wife, his 
sons and daughter, and eight granddaughters.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all of western New York, I would like to 
express our sorrow and condolences on the passing of a true American 
success story, Charles Hyatt.

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