[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 150 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2150]
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                         TRIBUTE TO BOB MURPHY

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                          HON. JOHN A. BOEHNER

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 7, 2000

  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Bob Murphy, 
publisher of the Hamilton Journal-News, of Hamilton, Ohio, the largest 
newspaper in my District.
  For more than four decades, Bob has been in the business of keeping 
citizens informed about what's happening in their community, country, 
and the world around them. He has been in the newspaper business for 
more than 42 years and has been publisher of the Journal-News since 
January 1, 1994. Before that, he was publisher of the Middletown 
Journal, another newspaper in the 8th District, from October 1981 
through December 1993, when he was appointed to his current post.
  Before coming to Middletown in 1981, Bob had been publisher of the 
Times-West Virginian in Fairmont, West Virginia, for three years. 
Before that, he had been general manager of the Dominion-Post in 
Morgantown, West Virginia, for six years.
  Bob started in the newspaper business in the late 1950s in his 
hometown, Bayonne, New Jersey, with the Bayonne Times. He worked there 
for 13 years, seven of them as vice president and general manager.
  Educated in local schools in Bayonne, Bob went on to Cornell 
University on a Teagle Scholarship. He graduated with a degree in 
economics and later received an MBA in personnel administration from 
New York University.
  He served in the Army for two years, most of that time in Munich, 
Germany, with the Counter Intelligence Corps. Bob and his wife, Mary 
Jane, have six children.
  I have known Bob Murphy for a long time. You always know where you 
stand with him--a trait that has won my respect and that of countless 
others during his long career. Bob's commitment to bringing the news 
accurately, fairly, and comprehensively is reflected in the legacy of 
success he leaves behind. I am honored to stand before the House today 
to pay tribute to Bob Murphy as our community says thanks and bids good 
luck to a dedicated public servant.

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