[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 110 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO NELSON FAIRBANKS

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                            HON. MARK FOLEY

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 18, 2000

  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, this past summer marked the end of long and 
distinguished career for a leader of Florida's agriculture and business 
industries. Our dear friend, Mr. J. Nelson Fairbanks retired from his 
post with the U.S. Sugar Corporation.
  In 1966, the charm and beauty of inviting Clewiston, Florida lured 
Nelson from the family farm in Louisiana. Twelve years later, he would 
join U.S. Sugar as vice president of corporate development. Since those 
first days, Nelson later took over the helm as CEO and for more than a 
decade guided the company and its employees through unprecedented 
change and growth.
  By molding U.S. Sugar, Nelson also shaped the industry and his 
community as well.
  In today's quick-fix, high-tech, ``dot-com'' world, Nelson and the 
people of U.S. Sugar truly understand the meaning of a hard day's work. 
They are the wholesome hospitable people that take a deep pride in 
laboring hard to feed America's families.
  The community will indeed miss Nelson's leadership and vision. Yet, 
we are comforted in the knowledge that regardless where retirement 
takes Nelson, love for the people of Clewiston and U.S. Sugar runs 
thick in his veins like molasses.

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