[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11046-S11047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO GEORGE SHAFFER ON COMPLETION OF HIS TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE 
                INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF AMERICA

 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
fellow New Mexican and personal friend, George Shaffer of Albuquerque, 
who is nearing completion of his 1-year term as president of the 
Independent Insurance Agents of America [IIAA]. The closure of Mr. 
Shaffer's term as the elected leader of the Nation's largest insurance 
trade association will be the crowning accomplishment of a career 
filled with many years of distinguished service to IIAA, and to its 
300,000 members across the country.
  George has enjoyed an outstanding career as an independent insurance 
agent. After holding several elective offices in the New Mexico State 
association of IIAA, George became New Mexico's representative to 
IIAA's national board of State directors in 1982,

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and continued to serve in that position until 1990.
  George served on IIAA's government affairs committee for 6 years, 
including 3 years as chairman. In 1990, IIAA presented him with its 
prestigious Sidney O. Smith Award, presented to an individual for 
excellence in government affairs activities. George was elected to 
IIAA's executive committee in Chicago in 1990, and was selected by his 
peers to become IIAA's 90th president last September in Las Vegas.
  George's commitment to public service extends to his involvement in 
State and local community activities. He has served as a New Mexico 
State senator and as chairman of New Mexico's Better Business Bureau. 
In addition, George served a 4-year term as the lay member of the New 
Mexico Real Estate Commission, and for the past 16 years has served as 
a trustee of the Albuquerque Academy, a 6th-12th grade privately 
endowed school.
  I congratulate my fellow New Mexican, public-spirited citizen, and 
friend for a job extremely well done. I am confident that George's 
admirable service to IIAA, his colleagues, and his fellow citizens of 
Albuquerque will continue well into the future.

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