[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO STEN ERIC WILLIAM CARLSON ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 90TH 
                                BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 21, 2002

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
extraordinary American and a distinguished Californian, Sten Eric 
William Carlson, who is celebrating his ninetieth birthday.
  Born on June 27, 1912, in Fort William, Ontario, Canada, Sten Carlson 
is the son of Johanna and Pers, who migrated from Sweden to Canada in 
the late 1800s, settling on a farm in Saskatchewan. Sten left Canada 
for the United States in 1951 where he met Elizabeth, his wife of 
forty-five years. They are the proud parents of Eric, 44, and Frank, 
who died tragically at an early age.
  An employee of United Airlines for more than twenty-five years, Sten 
Carlson retired in 1977. He also worked for MacDonald Aircraft, 
building the Mosquito aircraft, a premier low flying plane used in some 
of our nation's most critical missions.
  Sten Carlson has always given generously of his time and his 
multitude of talents to the community, focusing much of his volunteer 
work on victim support groups. He is a lifetime member of Lodge 1781, 
IAM, and continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Retirees. A volunteer at Peninsula Medical Center for more than 
fifteen years, Sten has devoted many years of service to KQED.
  Sten Carlson is a devoted husband and father with a strong moral 
sense of right and wrong. His lifetime of activities has centered on 
his family and his community. His is a life based on the most 
celebrated of American values . . . honesty, dependability, courage, 
loyalty, and love of family, friends and country.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing Sten Carlson a 
happy 90th birthday. We are a better community, a better country and a 
better people because of him and all he has done.

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