[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 111 (Thursday, September 5, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1515]
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      HONORING H. G. DULANEY, DIRECTOR OF THE SAM RAYBURN LIBRARY

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                           HON. RALPH M. HALL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 5, 2002

  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am honored today to pay tribute to 
a distinguished gentleman from Ector, Texas in the Fourth Congressional 
District--;H.G. Dulaney, who this week is stepping down after forty-
five years of service as Director of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, 
Texas.
  H.G. Dulaney is a name that is synonymous with the Sam Rayburn 
Library. He was actively involved in preparations for the Library from 
its inception through construction and opening in 1957, and he has 
directed activities of the Library since that time, including its 
transfer into The University of Texas at Austin in 1990. Throughout 
almost half a century of operation, H.G. has nurtured the Library and 
has shared his wealth of knowledge and insights about Speaker Sam 
Rayburn with scholars, tourists, and school groups who visit the 
Library.
  And his has been a labor of love. H.G. began working for the 
legendary ``Mr. Sam'' in 1951. ``Mr. Rayburn was one of the greatest 
men who ever lived,'' he said. ``He had more integrity than anyone I've 
known in my life.'' And so for some four decades since Mr. Rayburn's 
death, H.G. has worked hard to preserve the history and legacy of this 
great statesman who served in Congress for 48 years, from 1913 until 
his death in 1961, including serving as Speaker of the U.S. House from 
1940 to 1961 for all but four years. His career spanned the 
administrations of eight Presidents, and the Library houses the books, 
papers and momentoes from his 48 years in the House.
  The Library is truly a treasure for Bonham, for the State of Texas, 
and for America. It is a testament to the powerful legacy of Mr. 
Rayburn--;and it is a testament to H.G.'s years of hard work and 
devotion in directing the Library's operations. It is also fitting that 
H.G. is a native of Mr. Rayburn's Fourth District of Texas, which I am 
now honored to represent, and understands its people and its culture. 
He was born and reared in Ector, where he graduated from high school in 
1936. Following three years of service in the Air Force in World War 
II, he attended business college in Dallas and then was employed at the 
Bonham Abstract Company and with the Farmer's Home Administration. He 
then joined Speaker Rayburn's Washington staff in 1951 and served until 
the opening of the Library in 1957, when he moved back to the Fourth 
District and became the Library's Director.
  Mr. Speaker, the Sam Rayburn Library Board of Trustees and many 
friends and supporters are hosting a retirement luncheon for H.G. this 
week in Bonham, and I would like to ask my colleagues in the House to 
join me in expressing our gratitude to him for his dedication, 
inspiration and years of outstanding service and to extend to him our 
best wishes for a wonderful retirement. His labor of love has helped 
preserve the history and the integrity of this chamber and one of its 
greatest Speakers, Sam Rayburn, and as we adjourn today, let us do so 
in tribute to one of Mr. Rayburn's dearest and most loyal friends--
;H.G. Dulaney.

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