[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1905-E1906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 HONORING EDWIN L. BEHRENS ON HIS CAREER WITH PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 21, 1999

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Edwin L. Behrens, 
Director of National Government Relations with the Procter & Gamble 
Company, who is retiring after 38 years with the company.
  Ed began his career with Procter & Gamble in 1961 in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, after receiving both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in 
chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Ed 
also holds an M.B.A. from Xavier University in Cincinnati. Ed held 
positions in technical brand management, consumer research; and state 
and federal government relations. In 1967, Ed was awarded a patent for 
detergent formulations.
  In 1976, Ed transferred to Procter & Gamble's Washington, DC office 
to represent the company at the federal level. He was appointed 
Director of National Government Relations in 1992. Ed actively advanced 
federal

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``risk assessment'' regulatory reform policy. In 1979, Ed was 
instrumental in initiating a pioneering study by the National Academy 
of Sciences, Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the 
Process. This year, Ed participated in the Academy's reorganization and 
a second seminal study, Science, Technology and the Law.
  Currently, Ed is responsible for Procter & Gamble's federal policy on 
advertising, energy, the environment, labor, research and development 
and telecommunications. His principal focus has been on Internet 
privacy policy. He serves as Chairman of the BBB Online Steering 
Committee, overseeing the development of self-regulatory privacy 
approach for American industry.
  Ed and his wife, Wanda, live in Great Falls, Virginia, and have two 
sons. Both Ed and Wanda are committed to their community. Ed chairs the 
University of Wisconsin Foundation in the Washington, DC area. Wanda is 
a leader in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's annual ``Race 
for the Cure.''
  Mr. Speaker, we salute Ed Behrens as he completes 38 years of service 
to the Procter & Gamble Company.

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