[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S11904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                         REMEMBERING ALAN EMORY

 Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, Alan Emory, who for nearly half a 
century covered Washington for the Watertown Daily Times, passed away 
on November 27. Known for years as ``the Dean'' of the New York press 
corps, he was an indefatigable and prolific writer who often penned up 
to six stories a day in addition to a twice-weekly column. Even after 
retiring as bureau chief in 1998, he pursued stories with the same 
integrity and determination that first brought him to Washington in 
1951. This past July, he broke the news that the Health Care Financing 
Administration intended to cut Medicare reimbursement for outpatient 
cancer care. Shortly thereafter, in a great part because of Alan's 
reporting, the plan was abandoned.
  He was a dear friend, and he will be missed. I ask that the obituary 
from the Associated Press be printed in the Record.
  The material follows:

Alan Emory, Longtime Washington Correspondent for Watertown Times, Dies

       Washington--Alan Emory, Washington correspondent for the 
     Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times for 49 years, died Monday after 
     a battle with pancreatic cancer.
       He was 78.
       Emory covered 10 presidential administrations--from Harry 
     Truman to Bill Clinton--during his tenure in Washington. He 
     began his career with the Times in 1947 in Watertown and also 
     worked in the paper's Albany, N.Y., bureau before coming to 
     Washington in 1951.
       He specialized in Canadian border issues, founding a group 
     of reporters from northern states that met regularly with 
     Canadian officials. He also covered more than 1,500 White 
     House press conferences, traveling to Russia, China, Canada 
     and South America.
       A former president of Washington's famed Gridiron Club, 
     Emory penned many of the songs and skits that were performed 
     in the club's annual spoof of the Washington political scene.
       In 1956, he was elected to the Standing Committee of 
     Correspondents of Congressional Press Galleries. He was 
     elected to the Hall of Fame of the Washington chapter of the 
     Society of Professional Journalists in 1979.
       Emory graduated from Harvard University and received a 
     master's degree from Columbia University's School of 
     Journalism. He spent almost three years in the U.S. Army.
       Emory was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer early in 2000. 
     He continued with his political writing, sometimes also 
     writing about his struggles with the health care system.
       Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., called Emory ``a giant.''
       ``He practiced journalism the way it should be practiced 
     with integrity and honesty,'' Schumer said Monday. ``Whether 
     you liked the story he was writing or not, you always knew it 
     was going to be fair and honest.''
       Emory died at his home in Falls Church, VA.
       He is survived by his wife, Nancy Carol Goodman.

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