[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 49 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   A TRIBUTE TO MARGRIT BERAN KREWSON

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                        HON. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 12, 1999

  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, Margrit Beran Krewson has recently retired 
from the Library of Congress where she has served with great dedication 
for 30 years. For the past 18 years she was the Library's German/Dutch 
area specialist in the European Division, and thus the Library's 
principal liaison with the countries of Austria, Belgium, Germany, The 
Netherlands, and Switzerland. The author of 18 bibliographic 
publications, calling to public attention the depth and scope of the 
Library's Dutch and German-language collections, Mrs. Krewson made one 
of her responsibilities informing American descendants of European 
immigrants of their national heritages collected in the Library of 
Congress. Her bibliographies range from 300 Years of German Immigration 
to the United States (1983) through The Dutch Collections of the 
Library of Congress: A Chronology (1990) to German-American Relations: 
A Selective Bibliography (1995). In addition, she has sponsored over 60 
events--lectures, exhibitions, and readings related to the countries 
for which she is responsible--including in 1996 raising the necessary 
funds and editing the catalog for the Library's successful exhibition 
Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State Library. Her dedicated 
attention to publications within their countries and her care in 
maintaining cultural relations has led the governments of the Federal 
Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, and 
Belgium to acknowledge her achievements with the award of special 
decorations--most recently The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit 
from Germany in 1996 and the Cross of Honor for Science and Art from 
Austria in 1997.

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