[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 4 (Thursday, January 27, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E19]
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         HONORING FORMER COLORADO CONGRESSMAN, BYRON L. JOHNSON

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 27, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to pause and 
remember a former U.S. Congressman from Colorado who recently passed 
away at the age of 82.
  Byron Johnson was born on October 12, 1917 in Chicago, IL. He moved 
with his family to Wisconsin at the age of 10. He earned a bachelor, 
masters, and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. 
From 1942 to 1947, Byron worked in Washington, DC in the Budget Bureau 
and the Social Security Administration.
  In 1947, Byron and his wife, Kay, moved to Denver, CO so that Byron 
could pursue a teaching position at the University of Denver.
  Byron served in the 86th Congress of the United States. He later 
served 12 years as a CU Regent and two years on the Regional 
Transportation District board of directors.
  It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I would like to pay tribute to 
Byron Johnson, a man who loved his country and his State. Byron gave 
immeasurably to the State of Colorado and for that he will long be 
remembered.

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