[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S5630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ADMIRAL BUD NANCE

 Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Admiral Bud Nance, chief of staff of the Foreign Relations Committee, 
who passed away last week after many years of devoted service to the 
country he loved.
  As a former member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and someone 
who had the privilege of knowing and working with Bud, I can honestly 
say I have not met a finer person. A man deeply devoted to the ideals 
for which this country stands, he conducted himself with honor and 
integrity in all that he did. And he had an uncommon humility and 
kindness that will be remembered by all those fortunate to have met 
him.
  With 41 years in the Navy, service under both the Nixon and Reagan 
Administrations, and a direct role in SALT II talks, Bud had already 
achieved a lifetime of accomplishments even before he was urged by his 
longtime friend, Senator Helms, to assume the role of chief of staff at 
the Foreign Relations Committee. As with everything else he did, Bud 
flourished in that position, bringing his invaluable years of 
experience and knowledge to the Senate. He was a sure and steady hand 
at the helm of the Committee, and his remarkable spirit has left an 
indelible mark on all of us.
  Theodore Roosevelt once said that ``the credit belongs to the man who 
is actually in the arena--whose face is marred by dust and sweat and 
blood . . . a leader who knows the great enthusiams, the great 
devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause . . .'' Admiral Bud 
Nance was just such a man, and today our thoughts are with his wife, 
Mary, and Bud's entire family as they mourn the passing of their 
beloved husband, father, and grandfather. We are also thinking of 
Senator Helms at this saddest of times, as he grieves for the loss of 
one of his oldest and dearest friends.
  Again, I want express my profound sadness on the loss of this great 
American, who was a patriot in life and whose legacy will never be 
forgotten by a grateful nation.

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