[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 100 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S8419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                    RETIREMENT OF NEWMAN A. FLANAGAN

 Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, it is a privilege to pay tribute 
to Newman Flanagan, a dedicated public servant from Massachusetts who 
is retiring after a distinguished career in law enforcement. Mr. 
Flanagan served as a Boston prosecutor for 32 years, with the last 14 
of those years as Boston District Attorney. For the last 12 years, he 
has served as the Executive Director of the National District Attorneys 
Association, a position from which he is now retiring. I commend him on 
his many years of outstanding work and dedication.
  Newman is a son of Boston who graduated from Boston College and the 
New England School of Law. I had the privilege of serving under him and 
learning from him when I was an assistant district attorney in the 
office in the early 1960s, before I came to the Senate. He was elected 
district attorney in 1978, and was re-elected for four additional 
terms. During his long and impressive career, he represented the state 
in more than 2,500 criminal prosecutions, including 75 murder cases. 
Scott Harshbarger, former Attorney General of Massachusetts, described 
him as ``Mister District Attorney of the United States.''
  Newman also deserves great credit, in his years at NDAA, for his 
leadership in creating the National Advocacy Center, which trains local 
and Federal prosecutors, and is one of the finest training centers of 
its kind in the country. As James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney 
in Minnesota and a past vice president at NDAA said, ``He will be 
deeply missed by all members of NDAA's Board of Directors and 
prosecutors throughout America. Newman Flagagan has been a timeless 
leader of America's prosecutors for more than three decades. We all owe 
him our thanks and gratitude for his efforts on our behalf.''
  I know that his wife, Eileen, and his children and grandchildren are 
proud of all he has accomplished. Newman Flanagan has served the people 
of Massachusetts and our country well, and I wish him a long and happy 
retirement.

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