[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 106 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1494]
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                      IN MEMORY OF MEDFORD R. PARK

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 30, 1998

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with great regret that I inform the 
Members of the House on the passing of Medford R. Park, a former 
Executive Director of the Wentworth Foundation, on July 23, 1998.
  Mr. Park, a native of Lexington, Missouri, graduated from Wentworth 
Military Academy, and later attended the University of Missouri-
Columbia. While at the University, Med participated in various 
extracurricular activities and was a four-year varsity letterman in 
basketball. After graduating from Mizzou with a bachelor's of Science 
in Education in 1955, Med joined the St. Louis Hawks of the National 
Basketball Association. Med played for the Hawks from 1955 through 
1959--including the 1958 national championship team. He concluded his 
NBA Career with the Cincinnati Royals from 1959 to 1960. Med coached 
the Battle Creek Braves of the Northern Professional League from 1966 
to 1968.
  Mr. Park was the Executive Director of the Georgia Sports Hall of 
Fame in Macon, Georgia, and served as the Executive Director of the 
John Q. Hammons Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield, Missouri.
  Mr. Park is survived by his wife Nancy, three sons, and one sister.
  Mr. Speaker, Medford Park was an inspiration in the Lexington 
community, and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. I am 
certain that the Members of the House will join me in paying tribute to 
the life of this great Missourian.

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