[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 85 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S6115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN MEMORY OF MRS. JACQUELYN STEWART

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise today in honor and in 
memory of a dear friend of mine, Mrs. Jacquelyn Stewart, who passed 
away on June 19 at the age of 59. Mrs. Stewart was not only a friend, 
but a truly special woman. She believed deeply in the ideals of the 
Republican Party, and worked extremely hard to fight for these ideals.
  Mrs. Stewart was born in Detroit, Michigan. After attending Henry 
Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan, she attended the Oakland 
County Police Academy. She spent 15 years as an investigator with the 
Oakland County Prosecutor's Office.
  On May 8, 1989, Mrs. Stewart was appointed to the Michigan Liquor 
Control Commission as an Administrative Commissioner. In 1997, Governor 
John Engler elevated her to position of Chairwoman of the Commission. 
For her work in that position, Mrs. Stewart is credited with restoring 
credibility to an agency that had fallen under controversy.
  Mrs. Stewart also served the Oakland County Republican Party in many 
ways, most prominently as one of the top aides to former prosecutor and 
current County Executive, L. Brooks Patterson. In the mid-1980's, she 
led a petition drive that fell just short of placing a proposed 
restoration of the death penalty on the Michigan ballot.
  Mrs. Stewart is survived by her husband, Mr. James Stewart, former 
longtime Huntington Woods Police Chief, as well as her sons, Chris and 
Timothy Boelter; daughter Elizabeth Rose; stepson James Stewart, and 
two brothers.
  Mr. President, I consider it a privilege to have been able to know 
and work with Jackie Stewart. She was a woman of complete integrity, 
who fought for what she believed regardless of the odds against her. 
Her energy and boundless efforts were an inspiration to men and women 
throughout the State of Michigan, and I am sure she will be dearly 
missed by everyone who knew her.

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