[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E217]
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                    IN MEMORY OF ELVIS J. STAHR, JR.

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 11, 1999

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it has come to my attention that Elvis J. 
Stahr, Jr., governor emeritus of the Sigma Chi Foundation, scholar, war 
veteran, attorney, and public servant, passed away on November 11 after 
a battle with cancer. He was 82.
  Stahr earned 4 years of straight A's as an undergraduate at the 
University of Kentucky (UK), was named a Rhodes Scholar, then studied 
at Oxford University for three years. He returned to the United States 
briefly before serving in the U.S. Army infantry in North Africa, 
India, and China during World War II. After serving in the Army, he 
practiced law for eight years and served as Grand Praetor for the 
Eastern province.
  After serving as dean of the UK law school and university provost, 
Stahr was appointed as special assistant to the Secretary of the Army 
during the Korean war, and in 1956-57, he was executive director of 
President Eisenhower's committee on education beyond high school.
  Stahr became vice chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh in early 
1957, and in August 1958 he was named president of West Virginia 
University. In 1961, President Kennedy appointed him Secretary of the 
Army, a post in which he served until the summer of 1962 when he 
resigned to become the 12th president of Indiana University.
  In 1968, the Audubon Society named Stahr its president, a position he 
maintained until 1979. After stepping down from the Audubon presidency, 
he served on several boards and committees, including those for the 
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Chase Manhattan Bank, the 
Committee on the Constitutional System, and the Washington Conservation 
Round Table, of which he also served as chairman. He also continued to 
practice law in Washington, DC.
  Stahr is survived by his wife of 52 years, Dorothy Howland Berkfield 
Stahr, three children and two grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr's, contributions to his family, his 
country, and his fraternity make him a role model for young civic 
leaders. I am certain that the Members of the House will join me in 
honoring this fine American.

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