[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E672-E673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PAYING TRIBUTE TO ROBERT OGBURN

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 3, 2003

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to Robert Ogburn and thank him for his extraordinary 
contributions to both the 12th Judicial District of Colorado and the 
greater San Luis Valley. Judge Ogburn officially retired from his job 
as a District Judge in January after more than twenty-six years on the 
bench. Today I would like to honor Judge Ogburn's long and 
distinguished career of service to his community before this body of 
Congress and this nation.
  Judge Ogburn began his legal career in the Army's Judge Advocate 
General's office. In 1966 he entered private practice and later served 
as a District Attorney. Judge Ogburn was appointed to the bench in 
1976, at the same time taking over duties as District 3 Water Judge. 
The longest tenured judge on the 12th Judicial District bench, Judge 
Ogburn presided over many of the major San Luis Valley water cases in 
the past quarter century, as well as the area's high-profile criminal 
cases.
  In addition to his career on the bench, Judge Ogburn has offered his 
time and talent as a teacher at the National College of Court Trial 
Judges in Reno, Nevada and at Adams

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State College. He was one of only about thirty judges from across the 
United States to attend an advanced seminar in Anglo-American 
Jurisprudence at England's Oxford University in 1988. An amateur 
historian, Judge Ogburn has authored numerous articles for historical 
journals and serves on the boards of both the San Luis Valley 
Historical Society and the state historical society. He and his wife, 
Ann, have been married over forty years and have three children and six 
grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, Robert Ogburn is an exemplary servant to his community 
and to the State of Colorado, and it is with great pride that I 
recognize his career before this body of Congress and this nation. 
Judge Ogburn's presence will be greatly missed in the courtrooms of the 
12th Judicial District, and I would like to extend to him my 
congratulations on his retirement and wish him the best in his future 
endeavors.

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