[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4498-S4499]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HEARN

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
George Hearn. George Hearn is an old and trusted friend who has 
rendered distinguished service to our country in peace and war. He has 
announced that he will soon be trimming his sails, and cutting back on 
his day to day activities on behalf of U.S. flag international 
shipping. I hasten to reassure his countless friends and those who rely 
on his good counsel and advice, George Hearn is not retiring completely 
from the world of international shipping.
  For over 50 years George has been part of our Nation's maritime 
effort. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and served in the Pacific Theater 
aboard the U.S.S. Iowa from 1945 to 1946. Honorably discharged from the 
Navy, George practiced maritime law in New York City. During that time 
he was also elected to the New York City Council, and served from 1957 
until his resignation in 1961. He resigned to join the Kennedy 
administration in Washington, DC, where he served in a senior staff 
position at the Civil Aeronautics Board, until President Johnson 
nominated him to the Federal Maritime Commission in 1964. George was 
reappointed to the Commission, once by President Johnson, and once by 
President Nixon. He resigned as Vice-Chairman of the Commission in 
1975, to practice maritime law in New York City. In 1982 he joined 
Waterman Steamship Corp. as the executive vice-president. George will 
continue to serve Waterman as a consultant.
  Mr. President, that in brief is the distinguished public career of my 
friend, George Hearn. Proud as he should be of

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all he has accomplished, I know he is proudest of his family, his wife 
of 45 years, Anne, and their adult children, Annemarie, Peggy, and 
George, Jr.
  George is the son of an immigrant Irish father. George has 
capitalized to the fullest the bounty which our great country has 
offered to us all. But what makes me proudest to call George my friend, 
is the way he has used his opportunity to help preserve and increase 
that bounty for the generations of Americans to come. So, I wish to say 
well done good friend, and you deserve the chance to take time to smell 
the roses.

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