[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 160 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S13562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO BOB TISCH

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to the life of 
Preston Robert ``Bob'' Tisch, who died this past November after a 
battle with cancer.
  Bob left a permanent impression on many lives, including my own. He 
was a pillar in his community, well-liked and respected, considerate, 
wise, and passionate about life and serving others. He will be missed.
  Bob was born in New York City and proudly lived there for most of his 
life. He was chairman of the board of Loews Corporation, a company he 
cofounded along with his late brother, Lawrence. Bob was also chairman 
and cochief executive officer of the New York Football Giants.
  Bob was a proud New Yorker and greatly assisted in enhancing New 
York's position as an international business center. He held a number 
of civic posts, including chairman of the New York City Convention and 
Visitors Bureau, founding chairman of the New York City Convention and 
Exhibition Center Corporation, chairman of the New York City 
Partnership and the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  Bob believed that along with success comes great responsibility and 
exemplified this by giving back to his country and community. He served 
as chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Democratic National 
Conventions held in New York City in 1976 and 1980. From 1986 to 1988, 
he served as U.S. Postmaster General. In May 1990, Mayor David Dinkins 
appointed him New York City's Ambassador to Washington, DC.
  He also served chairman of New York City Public Private Initiatives, 
a public-private partnership that funds vital community programs, and 
was a founding director of New York City Meals-on-Wheels. A graduate of 
New York City public schools, Bob founded Take the Field, a nonprofit 
organization dedicated to renovating the athletic fields of New York 
City's public high schools.
  With Bob's passing, we have lost an extraordinary philanthropist, 
businessman, and a great American. I express my heartfelt sympathies to 
Joan, his wife of 57 years, his sons Steven and Jonathon, daughter 
Laurie, and the entire Tisch family. May they be comforted by all that 
Bob did to enrich the world.

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