[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO RUTH YOUNG WATT

 Mr. COHEN. Mr. President, earlier this year the Senate family 
lost one of its own, Ruth Young Watt, the former chief clerk of the 
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Governmental 
Affairs Committee, who passed away peacefully on June 16, 1996.
  Ruth's Senate career spanned 32 years. Beginning as the clerk of the 
Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program for 
Senator Owen Brewster of Maine, Ruth later became the chief clerk of 
the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Government 
Affairs Committee where she worked for 31 years. Ruth also served as 
chief clerk of the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in 
Labor-Management Relations from 1957 until 1960.
  Ruth gave herself and her time to all who asked. People who turned to 
Ruth Watt knew they were hard and that she would do her best. As chief 
clerk she played an integral role in the committee; without her, 
operations would not have run as smoothly and succinctly as they did 
under her care.
  Ruth was a remarkable woman who dedicated all of her life to public 
service. I commend her commitment to her country, to her coworkers and 
to her family.
  On behalf of the Senate family, I extend my condolences to Ruth's 
siblings, Richard Young, Frances Lilly, and Kathryn Woods. Our prayers 
and our thoughts are with them.

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