[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING BENJAMIN F. HOLEMAN

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                          HON. THOMAS M. DAVIS

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 28, 1996

  Mr. DAVIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Benjamin F. 
Holeman, who has regrettably passed away on September 23, 1996. A long-
time resident of Falls Church, VA, Mr. Holeman has left behind a great 
legacy in our community as a person of high moral standards, 
discipline, and generosity. He was an outstanding citizen and a 
distinguished newsman.
  Frank Holeman started his news career in 1941, working for the Daily 
News of Raleigh, NC. Within a year, he rose through the ranks and was 
promoted to the Washington Bureau. For the next 20 years, he spent his 
career covering the White House, Congress, defense, labor, courts, 
science, foreign affairs, and politics. From 1948 to 1964, Mr. Holeman 
also covered the national conventions, and traveled several times with 
Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. In 1956, he was voted 
president of the National Press Club.
  During World War II, Mr. Holeman was awarded the Bronze Star for 
meritorious achievement and discharged as a technical sergeant with the 
214th C.I.C. Detachment, Headquarters XIV Corps.
  In March 1968, Mr. Holeman retired from the Daily News, and became 
the director of public affairs for the Railway Progress Institute. A 
year later he accepted a position as director of the Tire Industry 
Safety Council for the Rubber Manufacturers Association where he became 
an expert in the field. Mr. Holeman then retired in 1987 and spent the 
last few years working as a consultant to the National Press 
Foundation.
  Known among his colleagues as The Colonel for his Southern manners, 
Mr. Holeman, at 6 feet 7 inches tall with a deep voice and ever-present 
bow tie and cigar, will be greatly missed by all those who were lucky 
enough to know him.
  I know my colleagues will join me in honoring this great man, and 
offer our deepest sympathy to his wife Larie Lazzari Holeman, and his 
four children. They can be proud that their father exemplified 
everything that is good about journalism, and he left a lasting legacy 
to his community.

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