[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 138 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11637-S11638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            DOUGLAS FONTAINE

 Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am very pleased to learn that 
the Mississippi Hotel and Motel Association

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will honor my good friend, Douglas Fontaine, on October 23, 1998, by 
establishing a scholarship in his name. The scholarship will provide 
education assistance to future entrepreneurs in the hospitality 
industry.
  Doug literally grew up in the hotel business watching both his 
parents and grandparents manage the historic ``Allison's Wells Spa'' in 
Way, MS. After returning from a tour of duty in Germany where he 
managed a R & R hotel, he took his turn managing Allison's Wells. Doug 
eventually moved to Pascagoula, MS, where he has owned and operated the 
La Font Inn for over 35 years.
  As the only Mississippian to have been President and Chairman of the 
Board of the American Hotel and Motel Association, his program, ``Quest 
for Quality'' has been his lasting legacy for hotels around the United 
States, Europe and the Caribbean.
  Doug has been President of such organizations as the Jackson County 
Heart Fund, Rotary Club, the Pas-Point Navy League, United Way of 
Jackson County, the Mississippi Hotel and Motel Association, the Gulf 
Coast Hotel and Motel Association, the Gulf Coast Economic Development 
Council, the Jackson County Economic Development Council, and the 
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce.
  Doug was also on the committee that worked to bring Naval Station 
Pascagoula to Mississippi, and he has chaired the committee to ``Save 
the Homeport'' for many years.
  Currently, Doug serves as a lifetime Director of the American Hotel 
and Motel Association and as a member of the National Restaurant 
Association. He also serves on the Board of Director's of the Hancock 
Bank, a position he has held for over 27 years.
  We are very proud of the leadership and example of Doug Fontaine. Our 
Nation is strong because of people like him. I congratulate him, his 
wife Lou, and the Mississippi Hotel and Motel Association for making 
this tribute a lasting legacy that will offer opportunities to younger 
members of this industry.

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