[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 164 (Thursday, November 18, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 A TRIBUTE TO FREDERICK C. MALKUS, JR.

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 17, 1999

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a great statesman 
and leader in the State of Maryland. With the death of former state 
Senator Frederick C. Malkus, Jr., on November 9, Maryland, as well as 
the entire Country, lost a great patriot and a dutiful public servant.
  Frederick C. Malkus, Jr. died at the age of 86, having spent all of 
his adult life in the service of his fellow citizens. Senator Malkus, a 
conservative Democrat, served in the legislature for 46 years--12 in 
the House of Delegates and 34 in the Senate--before retiring in 1994. 
Upon his retirement, he was the longest serving State Legislator in the 
United States.
  Born July 1, 1913, in Baltimore, Senator Malkus moved to the 380 acre 
Egypt Road farm, nine miles outside of Cambridge, on Maryland's Eastern 
Shore where he was raised there by his aunt and uncle. He spent the 
past 83 years on the working farm that produces wheat, corn, and 
soybeans. He graduated for Western Maryland College in 1934 and 
received his law degree four years later from the University of 
Maryland Law School. During World War II, Senator Malkus served in the 
U.S. Army and rose to the rank of major. He returned to Maryland and in 
1947 won a seat in the House of Delegates.
  He was, Mr. Speaker, an unforgettable individual who was a wonderful 
servant to Maryland and America. To know Fred Malkus was to know how 
deeply he cared for rural America and more specifically for the 
Chesapeake Bay region. Senator Malkus was at the forefront of the fight 
to save the Bay. Even though he was pro-business in his views, he was a 
great environmentalist. His legacy will no doubt live on and serve as a 
model for future leaders of our State and our Country.
  Senator Malkus is survived by his wife of 41 years, the former 
Margaret ``Maggie'' Moorer, his son, Frederick C. Malkus III, two 
daughters, Margaret Elizabeth ``Betsy'' LaPerch, and Susan Moorer 
Malkus, and three grandsons.

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