[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 87 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1185]
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             IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM J. RANDALL

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 10, 2000

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of a former member of this body, The Honorable 
William J. ``Bill'' Randall of Independence, Missouri.
  Bill Randall was born July 16, 1909, in Independence, Missouri, a son 
of William R. Randall and Lillie B. Randall. He graduated from William 
Chrisman High School in 1927; Junior College of Kansas City in 1929; 
and University of Missouri in 1931. He received a LLB from Kansas City 
School of Law in 1936 and LLM from the same school in 1938. He married 
Margaret Layden in 1939, and she preceded him in death in 1986. Mr. 
Randall was a practicing attorney in the Independence area until 1943 
when he served in southwest Pacific during World War II from March 1943 
until December 1945. In 1947, he was elected Judge of Jackson County 
Court and served six consecutive terms until March 1959, at which time 
he was elected U.S. Representative of Missouri's Fourth Congressional 
District.
  While in Congress from 1959 until his retirement in 1977, 
Representative Randall was appointed as the first chairman of the newly 
created 38-member Committee on Aging, and rose to become the fifth 
ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee. At his 
retirement, Representative Randall chaired two subcommittees on the 
Armed Services Committee, one subcommittee on the Government Operations 
Committee, and one subcommittee on the Committee on Aging. After 
retiring from Congress, Representative Randall remained in Washington, 
D.C. until 1981, during which time he lobbied for the U.S. Railway 
Association and represented other Missouri interests. In 1981, 
Representative Randall returned to Independence and resumed his 
practice with concentration in probate and estate law.
  Representative Randall was also an involved member of his community. 
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a member of the 
Masonic Fraternal organizations and a member of Royal Order of Jesters. 
He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi social fraternity (University of 
Missouri) and was past Commander of Post #1000 Veterans of Foreign 
Wars.
  Mr. Speaker, Representative Randall was a fine statesman for the 
people of the Fourth District of Missouri, with a distinguished record 
of public service. I know the Members of the House will join me in 
extending heartfelt condolences to his family: his daughter, Mary Pat 
Wilson, two grandsons, Patrick and Randall Wilson and a great-
granddaughter, Adeline Wilson.

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