[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING JOHN HENRY (IKE) INGRAHAM

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                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 18, 2000

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I commend an individual from the great state 
of New York, who was born and raised in the town of Canandaigua, in the 
state's beautiful Finger Lakes region. This individual is John Henry 
(Ike) Ingraham. Ike left the bucolic vistas of upstate New York to 
attend the New York State Maritime College, now part of the State 
University of New York. The Maritime College, founded in 1874, is an 
institution of higher learning which prepares young men and women for 
careers in the maritime industry, which helped make our State the 
center for trade and commerce in the new world.
  Ike spent the majority of his working career in the marine insurance 
industry while simultaneously maintaining membership and participating 
in the Active United States Navy Reserve, achieving the high rank of 
captain. During the Navy portion of his career he commanded various 
Military Sealift Command Reserve Units and received a commendation from 
the Commander, Military Sealift Command for initiating weekend 
watchstanding at the various MSC command unit locations. It was also 
interesting to me to learn of one of Ike's last assignments in the Navy 
here at the Navy Annex in Arlington, Virginia, where he had an office 
next to another outstanding New Yorker, the late John Cardinal 
O'Connor, who was the Chief of Navy Chaplains at the time.
  Ike is a member of the Class of 1952 of the Maritime College, and 
will be honored by his classmates at their year 2000 Class Reunion, 
here in Washington, D.C. this September for being the ``glue'' that has 
held the class together for the past 48 years. He accomplished this by 
spearheading the organization and execution of many of the class 
reunions, faithfully maintaining an ever changing mailing address and 
e-mail address list, and publishing a class newsletter two or three 
times a year.
  I would like at this time, along with all the members of his Class, 
to commend Ike for his diligence and unselfish commitment to his fellow 
classmates during the ensuing years and wish Ike ``fair winds and 
following seas'' and continued success in the future. By his 
exceptional professional ability, personal initiative, and total 
dedication to duty, Ike reflected great credit upon himself, and upheld 
the highest traditions of the United States Navy Reserve and the 
Maritime Service.

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