[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 142 (Saturday, October 10, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2030-E2031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO HENRY A. SCHMITT

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 9, 1998

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Henry A. Schmitt, a 
widely-known and

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respected leader of the transportation industry for over 35 years, on 
the occasion of his retirement from CNF Transportation Inc. at the end 
of this year. He began his CNF career with a background as a trucking 
security analyst, working for several Wall Street financial firms in 
New York City for more than 15 years.
  As Vice President of Corporate Relations, Mr. Schmitt manages CNF's 
communications with the Wall Street financial investment community. His 
other responsibilities include CNF's government and corporate 
relations, including oversight of the company's extensive scholarship 
and charitable contributions activities.
  Mr. Schmitt joined CNF from Wall Street in 1978 as Assistant Vice 
President of Investor Relations. He later became Assistant Vice 
President and Director of Corporate Relations, and was subsequently 
named Assistant Vice President and Director of Corporate and Financial 
Relations. Mr. Schmitt was elected a Vice President in 1988. He is a 
member of the company's Executive Administrative Committee and Chairman 
of the CNF Transportation Inc. Political Action Committee.
  Throughout his career, Mr. Schmitt has been active in a number of 
industry and professional associations. In addition to participating on 
many special industry task forces and committees, he served on the 
Executive Committee and was a member of the Policy and Finance 
Committee of the American Trucking Associations. The Western Highway 
Institute elected him as President in 1994 and Chairman in 1995. He 
also served as both President and Chairman of the Cargo Airline 
Association (when it was the Air Freight Association).
  Mr. Schmitt has long been an active member and rose to become 
chairman of the Public Affairs Council of the Conference Board. He is a 
past director of the U.S. National Investor Relations Institute, and 
the founder/chairman of the NIRI's Silicon Valley Chapter as well as an 
active member of both the New York and San Francisco Securities Analyst 
Societies, affiliates of the Financial Analysts Federation.
  A past member of the Advisory Board of the California Institute, he 
also served as CNF's deputy to both the California Business Roundtable 
and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from 1985-1996, and was a member of 
the California Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Council. When on Wall 
Street, he served as chairman of the Motor Carrier Analysts Group, the 
association of senior security analysts with responsibility for 
trucking industry securities.
  The Citizens Scholarship Foundation of America elected him to serve 
on its National Advisory Board of Trustees for the period 1995-2001. In 
1996, he was appointed a trustee of the Charles Armstrong School, an 
elementary school in Belmont, California that educates children with 
problems of dyslexia. He assumed the additional post of school 
treasurer in 1998. A native of Rochester, New York, Mr. Schmitt 
attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, earning a 
bachelor's degree in finance in 1963.
  I'm very proud to have the Schmitt family as constituents. I'm 
grateful for the countless contributions Mr. Schmitt has made 
throughout his career. Few have contributed as much to their industry 
and by doing so California's 14th Congressional District has been 
enhanced as well.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring this exceptional 
individual who has given so much to his industry, his community, and 
his country. We wish Henry Schmitt and his wife a happy, healthy and 
rewarding retirement.

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