[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO GOODWYN L. MYRICK

 Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, just before the sine die 
adjournment, the Alabama Business Hall of Fame at the University of 
Alabama announced that Goodwyn L. Myrick, the president and chief 
executive of the Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance Co., 
would be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame.
  Goodwyn is a native of Etowah County, AL, where he was born in 1925. 
He established his first dairy herd in 1944 with eight cows. Today, M & 
H Farms--a partnership between Goodwyn, his son, Greg, his daughter, 
Donna, and son-in-law, Tony Haynes--has over 400 Holstein dairy cows 
and 700 head of beef cattle. It encompasses two farms and more than 
2,000 acres.
  In 1978, he was elected president of the Alabama Farmers Federation, 
and is currently serving his ninth term as president of the federation 
and Alfa Insurance Co. During his tenure, Alfa has had the greatest 
amount of storm losses and the greatest amount of growth in its 
history, with $267 million in losses since 1978. At the same time, it 
has grown by 1,000 percent. The Alabama Farmers Federation has seen its 
membership grow from 223,000 in 1980 to nearly 400,000 today.
  Goodwyn's previous positions include president of the Etowah County 
Farm Bureau Federation; the board of directors of the Alabama Farm 
Bureau Federation--predecessor organization to the Alabama Farmers 
Federation; and vice president of the federation.
  Considered one of the most influential businessmen in the State, 
Goodwyn joins the ranks of over 100 other distinguished corporate 
leaders in the Alabama Business Hall of Fame. These previous inductees 
include George Washington Carver, Winton ``Red'' Blount, and Aaron 
Aronov.
  I am pleased to commend and congratulate Goodwyn Myrick for receiving 
this most-deserved honor. The agricultural community of Alabama has 
never had such a strong leader and loyal friend.

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