[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 127 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H6932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     AMERICA HAS LOST ONE OF ITS GREATEST SUPPORTERS OF EDUCATION, 
                      AMBASSADOR WALTER ANNENBERG

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the United States lost a true 
patriot. Ambassador Walter Annenberg, who represented America to the 
Court of St. James, was a brilliant business and political leader, 
patron of the arts, and one of our Nation's greatest supporters of 
education.
  He touched this institution recently as his foundation was among the 
first to volunteer support for the U.S. Capitol Visitor's Center. Just 
last month, he underwrote our important trip to New York to memorialize 
September 11.
  I will never forget, 2 years ago at her birthday dinner, when he said 
that the most important thing he did was to marry Lee. This past 
Sunday, Lee and Walter Annenberg celebrated their 51st wedding 
anniversary.
  I shall miss his advice, counsel, and encouragement, and I know, Mr. 
Speaker, that I speak for everyone in this great body when, with 
appreciation for all that Walter did, I extend our thoughts and prayers 
to the Annenberg family.

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