[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 22 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E257]
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               TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE EDWIN H. MAY, JR.

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                          HON. JOHN B. LARSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 5, 2002

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay 
tribute to Edwin H. May, Jr., of Connecticut who died February 20, 
2002, at the age of 77. Mr. May represented Connecticut's First 
Congressional District in the 85th Congress and was a valued public 
servant for the State of Connecticut.
  Mr. May will long be remembered for his commitment to Connecticut. As 
President of the Greater Hartford Jaycees, the Connecticut State 
Jaycees, and co-founder of the Greater Hartford Open (GHO) in 1952, his 
leadership and devotion to the community has distinguished him among 
his peers.
  Throughout his life, Mr. May was intensely devoted to his family, to 
Connecticut, and to his country. He attended Wesleyan University, where 
he was an Olin Scholar and a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. Mr. May 
left Wesleyan in his freshman year, however, to enlist in the U.S. Army 
Air Corps and became a P-38 fighter pilot in California. After the war 
ended, he returned to Wesleyan to graduate with a B.A. in Government.
  In 1956, Mr. May was elected to a single term in the U.S. House of 
Representatives. After leaving office, he was chosen as the Connecticut 
State Republican Party Chairman. He was also a member of the American 
Legion Boume-Keeney Post 23 in Wethersfield, Connecticut and a member 
of the Hartford Rotary Club.
  Former Congressman May was an exemplary public servant and a model 
citizen. He will be greatly missed by the nation, the State of 
Connecticut, his family, and all who knew him.

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