[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 92 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING REV. LLOYD W. JOHNSON, JR.

  (Mr. LaHOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, we are privileged to have Rev. Lloyd W. 
Johnson, Jr., as our guest chaplain today. A native of Hartford, CT, 
Reverend Johnson has served as a priest of the Episcopal Church for 30 
years. He is presently the Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 
Pekin, IL, which is in my district.
  Born to Lloyd and Vera Johnson in 1939, he was raised in Connecticut 
and Vermont. In 1963, Reverend Johnson graduated from the University of 
Miami with a degree in business administration. He later was awarded 
his master of divinity degree from Nashotah House, a seminary of the 
Episcopal Church in Wisconsin.
  Ordained to the ministry in 1966, he has served congregations of the 
Episcopal Church in southern Florida and in central Illinois.
  Now Reverend Johnson is married to Jane Fontaine Gray, and together 
they have raised three children: A son, Mark, who toils in the House of 
Representatives as deputy chief of staff to our friend, the gentleman 
from Tennessee, Congressman Ed Bryant; Andrew, living and working in 
New Orleans; and Mary, living and working in San Antonio.
  Above and beyond his ministerial duties, Reverend Johnson and his 
wife have devoted the majority of their free time to supporting the 
establishment of marriage through volunteer service in the ministry of 
Worldwide Marriage Encounter.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope you will join me in welcoming Reverend and Mrs. 
Johnson to this Chamber and in thanking him for his words of 
thanksgiving and prayer. Welcome, Reverend Johnson.

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