[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                DR. CHARLES H. RICHMOND, GUEST CHAPLAIN

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I thank the guest Chaplain, Dr. Charles 
Richmond from Edmond, OK, for a beautiful prayer. I also thank him for 
his service to our country as national chaplain of the American Legion, 
but also for his lifetime of dedication and service to God and country 
in his capacity as a leader.
  He has given his time to the American Legion, first serving as 
chaplain of the Oklahoma American Legion Boys State for the past 5 
years and, more recently, becoming the national chaplain of the 
American Legion in September 1996.
  Dr. Richmond is an ordained Southern Baptist minister. He has touched 
the lives of the members of many churches throughout Oklahoma and 
across our country. Although now retired, he continues to be active in 
many church and religious activities.
  Dr. Richmond has been an educator. He has also served as a public 
schoolteacher, a coach, a counselor, and a principal. In addition, he 
served as dean of men and later dean of student affairs at the 
University of Central Oklahoma for over a quarter of a century.
  Dr. Richmond began his lifelong dedication to God and our country as 
a young man. In 1942, he entered World War II, the youngest person ever 
to enter the Chaplain Service. Only 30 days after entering the Army, he 
was sent overseas to Asia, where he devoted 2\1/2\ years to serving 
United States troops during the China, Burma, and India campaign. In 
1950, he was reactivated with the Oklahoma National Guard and served in 
Korea and Japan. While in Japan, he led the building of a Christian 
church which spawned 22 churches and missions over the next 10 years. 
Dr. Richmond later served 20 years as division chaplain of the Oklahoma 
National Guard.
  Dr. Richmond has served the community of Edmond as president of the 
Edmond, OK, club of Rotary International. In March 1996, he was chosen 
to serve as the Oklahoma State Senate chaplain.
  Today, I am honored to recognize Dr. Charles Richmond, a great 
American and Oklahoman, as guest Chaplain in the U.S. Senate.
  Dr. Richmond, again, I thank you for an outstanding prayer, words of 
encouragement--one that I hope all of us will certainly pay attention 
to.

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