[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING DR. GEORGE PAULIKAS

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                       HON. STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 20, 1999

  Mr. KUYKENDALL. Mr. Speaker, on July 18, 1999, Dr. George Paulikas 
celebrated 50 years in the United States, during which he and his 
brothers have made significant contributions to their adopted homeland. 
The Paulikas family arrived as Lithuanian refugees in Boston Harbor on 
July 18, 1949, having escaped the atrocities of Josef Stalin and Adolf 
Hitler. George's brother Arvyd has worked for 34 years as a physicist 
at Argonne National Laboratories. His youngest brother Ray served in 
the United States Air Force and then continued his career at Lockheed-
Sanders.
  I honor George Paulikas today for his service to the United States. 
He retired in 1998 as Executive Vice President of the Aerospace 
Corporation, a career which spanned 37 years, and which has garnered 
him with numerous awards and commendations. He is the recipient of the 
National Reconnaissance Office Gold Medal, was named a General James 
Doolittle Fellow, served on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 
was given the Aerospace Trustees Distinguished Achievement Award. He 
continues to serve as a Trustee of the Los Angeles Science Center and 
he sits on the Los Angeles Area Boy Scouts Council. He is the author of 
``Thirteen Years: 1936-1949'', a book describing his family's journeys 
through war-torn Europe in their search for stability and freedom from 
the ravages of despotism and war. Our country has been enriched by 
George Paulikas' service to the United States of America, and we 
celebrate with him on this 50th anniversary of his family's passage to 
freedom.

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