[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E112]
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                   IN MEMORY OF JUDGE ELMO B. HUNTER

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 4, 2004

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of the Honorable Elmo B. Hunter of Kansas City, MO.
  Judge Hunter earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 
1938. He went on to post-graduate work at the University of Michigan. 
Judge Hunter served his country in World War II with the United States 
Army, working in military intelligence. When he came home he joined the 
law firm of Sabree, Shook, Hardy & Hunter in Kansas City.
  Judge Hunter served on the bench as a state circuit judge from 1951 
to 1957 and moved on to serve as a state appeals judge in that year. He 
remained in this post until 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson 
appointed him to the federal bench.
  In recognition for his service, Judge Hunter was awarded the Edward 
J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award in 1987. He was also 
the recipient of the American Judicature Society's Distinguished 
Service Award and served as the society's chairman and president. In 
1991, the American Judicature Society saw fit to found the Elmo B. 
Hunter Citizens Center for Judicial Selection. The center researches 
nonpartisan, merit-based judicial selections, sponsors national forums, 
monitors state judicial reform projects and educates international 
visitors on the U.S. judicial selection process.
  Mr. Speaker, Elmo Hunter was a valuable member of the judiciary and a 
credit to his profession. I know the Members of the House will join me 
in extending heartfelt condolences to his family: his wife, Shirley; 
his daughter Nancy; and all of his grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.

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