[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              MOURNING THE TRAGIC PASSING OF JOHN DURICKA

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, it saddens me to inform the House of the 
passing of a great American and someone who worked long and hard in 
this Capitol. His name will not be known to everyone, but when my 
colleagues see John Duricka they automatically recognize him, and 
yesterday morning he tragically passed away.
  He had a 30-year career with the Associated Press. He had lived in 
southern California for a number of years and worked for the San 
Gabriel Valley Tribune, and that was up until 1966 when he joined the 
Associated Press.
  Madam Speaker, today's Washington Post in the obituary section 
describes him as a keen-eyed photographer who played a great role in 
getting still photographers into all kinds of meetings, in fact into 
this Chamber the day that Jim Wright announced his resignation from 
right here in this well.
  He was a great friend to me. His brother was a photographer at the 
San Gabriel Valley Tribune in California, and tragically I had the 
opportunity to deliver the eulogy at his funeral when he was killed in 
a tragic plane crash a few years back.
  But John Duricka was a great man, and he took wonderful photographs, 
and he is one of those institutions in this Capitol who will be sorely 
missed.

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