[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 140 (Monday, December 20, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12092-S12093]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING J. STANLEY KIMMITT

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, as the Senate family knows, one of our 
former Secretaries of the Senate, J. Stanley Kimmitt, passed away 
suddenly on December 6, 2004. I recently received a note from William 
F. Hildenbrand, another former Secretary of the Senate, concerning Mr. 
Kimmitt, and I would like to have its contents printed in the 
Congressional Record. On a historical note, Mr. Hildenbrand had 
succeeded Mr. Kimmitt as Secretary. This was occasioned by the 
Democrats losing the majority of the Senate in the elections of 1980. 
It is clear that admiration of Mr. Kimmitt extends across the aisle.
  The material follows:


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       William F. Hildenbrand: It was with great sadness that I 
     learned of the passing of my predecessor, the Honorable J. 
     Stanley Kimmitt. Stan was one of the shining lights in the 
     Senate's illustrious history. He was the twenty-second 
     Secretary of the Senate in its history. We did not know at 
     the time of our meeting that we both had served in the 78th 
     Infantry Division in World War II, and both had crossed the 
     Rhine at Remagan. On the anniversary of that crossing we were 
     honored by the then-mayor of Remagan and invited to attend 
     the ceremonies. Our Senate duties precluded our attendance 
     but Stan managed to have a flag flown over the Capitol and he 
     had it presented to the mayor on behalf of both of us to be 
     flown on the day of the ceremony.
       Stan was truly a Senate man and the Senate will not see his 
     like again. Vaya con dios, Mr. Secretary.

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