[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 4 (Saturday, January 6, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E22]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN TRIBUTE TO DAVID E. NESBITT

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Saturday, January 6, 2001

  Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I wish to pay tribute to David E. Nesbitt, 
a personal friend who has retired from the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation after 31 years of dedicated service, the last 2\1/2\ of 
which he served as supervisor of the Ventura Resident Agency, in my 
district.
  Supervisory Special Agent Nesbitt became a special agent in 1969 and 
was assigned to San Antonio and Austin, Texas. At the end of 1970, he 
was transferred to the Los Angeles Field Office, where he handled a 
variety of white collar crime investigations for much of the next 10 
years.
  In 1980, he was assigned to the San Fernando Valley Resident Agency, 
where he specialized in major financial institution fraud 
investigations. He then returned to the Los Angeles Field Office in 
1985 to join the Financial Institution Fraud Squad.
  David's success in bringing white collar criminals to justice was 
rewarded in 1990, when he was promoted to supervise a new squad 
designed to handle investigations into failed financial institutions. 
During the next eight years, David coordinated investigations into more 
than 130 financial institutions that failed within the Central District 
of California.
  In June of 1998, he arrived in Ventura County. As supervisor of the 
Ventura Resident Agency, David initiated a new Ventura County Crime 
Task Force composed of nine federal, state and local agencies. He 
coordinated the FBI portion of the investigation into the January 31, 
2000, tragic crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off the Ventura County 
coast.
  David is a longstanding member of the Southern California Fraud 
Investigators Association and a contributor to the Western League of 
Savings Annual Training Seminar. He initiated the annual FBI Fraud 
Seminar to benefit the financial community and, last year, was 
recognized as the Construction Battalion Center Summerfest 2000 Honoree 
for Community Service.
  There is one aspect of David's life to which he has devoted more 
years than to the FBI--his marriage to Larane. David and Larane married 
in September of 1967. They are the proud parents of four adult 
children: twins Amy and David; Lara; and Shannon.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues will join me in thanking David for 
more than three decades of service dedicated to protecting our 
neighbors, and in wishing him and his family many joyous years ahead.

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