[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 135 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S10440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN HONOR OF THE SERVICE OF THE HONORABLE M.D. CROCKER, U.S. DISTRICT 
                              COURT JUDGE

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today I honor and bring to the 
Senate's attention the exceptional judicial career and service of Myron 
D. Crocker, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of 
California.
  A graduate of California State University at Fresno and the 
University of California's Boalt Hall School of Law, he was appointed 
to the Federal bench by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959. Judge 
Crocker continued to carry an active caseload after taking senior 
status in 1981. He is retiring after 43 years of dedicated service as a 
federal judge.
  Judge Crocker served under 10 presidents, Eisenhower, Kennedy, 
Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush. 
Our current, President George W. Bush, was just 13 years old when Judge 
Crocker was named to the bench.
  He is believed to have served longer than any other sitting Federal 
judge in the Nation. He has presided over many high profile cases in 
the Fresno area and during his travels throughout the United States as 
a visiting judge.
  Judge Crocker is well respected throughout the legal community. He 
has served California and the United States with great distinction. I 
am pleased to pay tribute to him today and I encourage my colleagues to 
join me in wishing Judge Crocker and his family the very best as he 
celebrates his retirement from the Eastern District.

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