[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S2876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY HIGDON--41 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE

 Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the 
extraordinary career of Mr. Anthony Higdon, who retired last month 
after 41 years of service to his country and the people of the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky as a member of the U.S. Air Force and as an 
employee of the Social Security Administration .
  After four years in the Air Force, Mr. Higdon spent the last 37 years 
working for the Social Security Administration, serving the needs of 
Kentucky's senior citizens. His career included 20 years as manager of 
the 3 Social Security offices in Louisville. Before that, he served in 
other capacities in the Louisville offices, as well as at the Social 
Security branches in Elizabethtown, Hazard and Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
  One of Mr. Higdon's most important legacy will be his tireless work 
with national and community leaders in Kentucky to impress upon them an 
understanding of the dramatic importance of Social Security programs to 
all people throughout their lives.
  Mr. President, Anthony Higdon will be sorely missed by all his 
friends and colleagues at the Social Security Administration offices 
across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As he retires to the community 
which he has spent most of his life serving, we wish him best of luck 
and thank him for his service.

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