[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 64 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S4233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO FRANK A. AUKOFER

 Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President I rise today to honor the dean of 
the congressional print reporters here in Congress. Frank A. Aukofer 
has worked in the Washington Bureau of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 
and its predecessor, the Milwaukee Journal, since 1970. Frank has also 
served in other capacities for the paper since 1960. Sadly, for those 
of us who have read his stories through the years, Frank has decided to 
retire at the beginning of next month.
  During his long and distinguished career, Frank has reported on the 
issues that have defined the last 40 years in America and around the 
world. He was the civil rights reporter for the Journal at the height 
of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Since arriving in 
Washington, Frank's coverage of State, national, and international 
issues has included stories on six Presidents, 15 Congresses, and the 
nomination hearings of 11 Supreme Court justices, including every 
member of the current Court.
  Coverage of these important events has not kept Frank tied to his 
desk here in the press gallery. In the 1980s, he traveled to Mexico, 
Colombia, Cuba, and Central America to cover such stories as the trial 
of Eugene Hasenfus in Nicaragua which led to a nomination for a 
Pulitzer Prize. He was also one of the first journalists to report from 
Saudi Arabia in 1990 when U.S. troops were deployed after Iraq invaded 
Kuwait. On top of all this he has still found time to write a weekly 
automobile review column entitled, ``DriveWays.''
  I thank Frank Aukofer for his years of service to the Milwaukee 
Journal-Sentinel, and the people of Wisconsin and I wish him all the 
best in his well-deserved retirement.

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