[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 58 (Thursday, May 9, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO RICHARD M. SCULLION

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, today, I would like to honor the 
life of a dedicated public servant, Richard M. Scullion. Dick passed 
away at the end of April following a brief illness.
  Dick started out as a farmer near Highland, WI. He married his wife, 
Marian, in 1945, and worked to raise their family. In the 1950s, during 
a typical Wisconsin blizzard, friends of Dick's nominated him to serve 
on the Iowa County Board and in 1965, he became the chair of the board, 
a seat he would hold until 2000. At that time, he was the longest 
serving County Chair in Wisconsin history. Dick simultaneously served 
as the Highland township chairman and as a member of the Memorial 
Hospital of Iowa County Board.
  In addition to his over 40 years of service to Iowa County, Dick 
demonstrated a strong commitment to his home state. He was a member of 
the Wisconsin State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Committee Land 
Preservation Board, Water Resources Committee, Wisconsin River Rail 
Transit Commission, Farmland Preservation Board, and was the chairman 
of the Southwest Regional Planning Commission.
  His work made him an invaluable citizen of the State of Wisconsin; he 
was recognized for his achievements in 1995, when the Iowa County 
Courthouse addition was named in his honor. Dick was also named the 
Soil Conservationist of the Year in 1976 and received the Wisconsin 
Master Agriculturist Award in 1979. In 1983, the University of 
Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences awarded him an 
honorary degree.
  Dick Scullion was an important part of Iowa County, and the State of 
Wisconsin, and will hold a special place in our State's history. He 
will be dearly missed.

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