[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 44 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S3675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
  S. 801. A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 
300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the ``John Milton 
Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse''; to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, today I rise to introduce a bill 
designating a Jacksonville courthouse as the John Milton Bryan Simpson 
United States Courthouse.
  John Milton Bryan Simpson was born in Kissimmee, FL, in 1903. He was 
nominated to the Southern District Court of Florida by President Truman 
in 1950 and to the Federal court of appeals by President Johnson in 
1966.
  Designating this courthouse after the late Judge Simpson is a fitting 
tribute to a man whose judicial decisions were instrumental in 
desegregating public facilities in Jacksonville, Orlando, and Daytona 
Beach.
  It is important that we remember not only his name but also his 
legacy of courage during that period of our history.
  I hope that other members of the Senate will join me in honoring 
Judge Simpson, a man who was not only a hero to the state of Florida, 
but a national hero.
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