[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 178 (Thursday, December 20, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S14046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             MARIAN BERTRAM

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I rise to remember a longtime Senate 
employee who passed away on October 15 of this year. Marian Bertram 
dedicated 27 years of her life to public service and to the United 
States Senate. She began her work at the Democratic Policy Committee in 
1971, eventually serving as the chief clerk of that committee. She 
retired from the Senate in October of 1998.
  Marian Bertram served four Democratic Leaders, beginning with Mike 
Mansfield and continuing on through my own tenure as Democratic Leader, 
George Mitchell's, and Senator Daschle's leader terms.
  She gained a deep understanding of the Senate's intricacies during 
those years and researched and wrote the Democratic Policy Committee's 
Legislative Bulletin. She also shouldered the challenging task of 
producing voting records and vote analyses for Democratic Members.
  Marian was an able and very dedicated Senate employee and through it 
all she was unfailing good humored and professional.
  My sympathy goes out to her many friends in the Washington area who 
were shocked and saddened by her untimely death this fall. We shall 
remember her with great affection and with thanks for the many years 
she gave so unselfishly to this institution.

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