[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 146 (Wednesday, November 13, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10881-S10882]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                  CHANDLER RAYMOND KELLER: IN MEMORIAM

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I take this opportunity to share 
with my colleagues the memory of one of my constituents, Chandler 
Keller, of Manhattan Beach, California, who lost his life on September 
11, 2001. He was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77. As we all 
know, that plane crashed into the Pentagon, killing everyone on board. 
Mr. Keller was a 29 year-old lead propulsion engineer and project 
manager with Boeing Satellite Systems in El Segundo, California.
  Chandler Keller was known to his family and friends as ``Chad''. He 
was born in Manhattan Beach, California. Chad mostly grew up there, 
with the exception of some time spent in Hong Kong, New York and 
Sydney, Australia due to his father's work assignments with Security 
Pacific Corporation.
  As a child, Chad enjoyed a great love of rocketry and an avid 
interest in space. As a young boy he had an innate ability to 
understand machines and how to make them work. In 1993, Chad graduated 
from the University of Colorado's aerospace engineering program and 
pursued his career at Hughes/Boeing, working in their satellite 
launching program.
  Chad and his wife, Lisa Hurley Keller, were married on July 22, 2000 
at the Old Mission in Santa Barbara. During their brief time together 
Chad and Lisa enjoyed travel, outdoor activities, and most of all, 
being with one another.
  Chad Keller enjoyed surfing, skiing and snowboarding. He loved to 
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and possessed a wonderful sense of humor. ``He had the ability to bond 
with people, and he touched many lives during his short life. He lived 
his life to its fullest,'' says his father, Dick Keller.
  In celebration of his life, the Keller family established the 
Chandler Keller Memorial Scholarship at the University of Colorado. It 
is to be awarded to well-rounded aerospace engineering students. Chad 
was posthumously awarded the Defense of Freedom medal for his work with 
the Department of Defense in conjunction with Boeing Satellite Systems.
  Chad Keller is survived by his wife, Lisa Hurley Keller; parents 
Kathy and Dick Keller; brothers Brandon and Gavin; mother-in-law and 
father-in-law Shirley Ann and Jim Hurley; and brother-in-law James 
Hurley.
  Mr. President, none of us is untouched by the terror of September 
11th, and many Californians were part of each tragic moment of that 
tragic day. Some were trapped in the World Trade Center towers. Some 
were at work in the Pentagon. And the fates of some were sealed as they 
boarded planes bound for San Francisco or Los Angeles.
  I offer this tribute to one of the 54 Californians who perished on 
that awful morning. I want to assure the family of Chad Keller, and the 
families of all the victims, that their fathers and mothers, sons and 
daughters, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters will not be 
forgotten.

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