[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 148 (Tuesday, October 21, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S12966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN MEMORY OF GREG PALLAS

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
extraordinary man, a former senior staff member to this body and a good 
friend, Greg Pallas. Greg lost a long and courageous battle with a rare 
form of cancer, and passed away on October 17, 2003.
  Greg was born on June 27, 1952, in Los Angeles. He graduated from the 
New York Military Academy and United States Naval Academy Class of 
1973. After graduation, Greg served as a Naval Officer aboard the USS 
Kitty Hawk, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and then went to work at the Pentagon.
  Following his distinguished career in the military, Greg continued to 
serve his country as an outstanding staff member of the United States 
Senate. For 18 years, Greg was Legislative Director and later Chief of 
Staff to our friend and colleague, Senator J. James Exon of Nebraska 
where Greg was instrumental in managing the work of the Senate Budget 
Committee.
  When Senator Exon retired in 1996, Greg left the Senate and became 
the Director of Congressional Liaison and Business Development at ITT 
Industries, Defense in McLean, VA.
  Greg was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church, the American Legion 
Post 199, the Military Order of the Carabao, the U.S. Navy Public 
Affairs Alumni Association and the Navy League.
  Greg is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Diane McRee, one of 
my own dear friends and herself a longtime staff member to the United 
States Congress, and his cousin, Connie Traver.
  I admired Greg. He cared deeply about the Senate and about his 
country. I know the entire extended family of the United States Senate 
joins me in sorrow at the loss of our friend.
  We were privileged to know and to work with him, and we offer our 
condolences and prayers to Diane and to all of Greg's friends.

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