[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                        HONORING R. PHILIP HANES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Davis of Kentucky). Under a previous 
order of the House, the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight in honor of one of my 
constituents, Mr. R. Philip Hanes of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as 
we celebrate his 80th birthday.
  Mr. Hanes is a truly remarkable man who has accomplished more than 
most people could if given several lifetimes. He is the former chief 
executive officer of Hanes Companies, Incorporated. However, despite 
his tremendous success in the business world, he is best known for his 
passion, leadership, and support for the arts.
  As a leader of the American arts council movement that began in the 
1950s, Mr. Hanes has served on the boards of over 50 national, State 
and local art agencies, most notably as the founding member of the 
National Council on the Arts and as the founder and first chairman of 
the North Carolina Arts Council.
  He has also served on the boards of many world-renowned 
organizations, such as the Museum of Modern Art, the New York City 
Ballet, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kennedy Center For the 
Performing Arts, and too many others to list.
  Mr. Hanes, who attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill and graduated from Yale University, was the founder of the Yale 
University Committee on Music, a board member at the Brevard School of 
Music, and an advisory council member at the Cornell University 
Graduate School of Business in the Arts Administration Division.
  He is the recipient of three Presidential appointments from 
Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Ford, three honorary degrees and 24 art 
awards. These awards include the National Medal of Arts presented by 
President Bush in 1991 for Mr. Hanes' role as a founder of community 
arts programs across the Nation.
  Mr. Hanes was instrumental in establishing the North Carolina School 
of the Arts; the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts, SECCA; and 
the Roger L. Stevens Center for the Performing Arts in Winston-Salem, 
North Carolina.
  He was a founder of the North Carolina Governor's Council on 
Business, Arts and Humanities and a founder of the Winston-Salem Arts 
Council. In addition, he and his wife, Charlotte, are the namesakes of 
an art gallery at Wake Forest University.
  Mr. Hanes also played a tremendous role in bringing the Sparta Teapot 
Museum to northwest North Carolina. Sonny and Gloria Kamm of Los 
Angeles, California, had been collecting unique teapots for over 25 
years and had been looking to relocate their collection to a community 
where it could make a serious economic impact.
  Some folks from the Penland School of Craft suggested that they 
consider northwest North Carolina and advised Mr. and Mrs. Kamm to talk 
to Philip Hanes. It turns out that on their return flight, a 
representative from the Penland School was randomly assigned a seat 
next to none other than Mr. Hanes. Mr. Hanes loved the idea of 
establishing a teapot museum in northwest North Carolina. He contacted 
the Kamms, pitched the idea and brought them to Sparta. And the rest is 
history.
  The planned Sparta Teapot Museum will be the permanent home for the 
Kamms' teapots. Their collection will help revitalize Sparta and the 
rest of Alleghany County, which saw four of its five largest employers 
close their doors. The museum will be the only specialty teapot museum 
in the country and will encourage economic development by drawing in a 
large number of tourists to Sparta each year.
  In addition to his accomplishments in the arts, Mr. Hanes' love for 
the great outdoors led him to establish three national conservation 
organizations and serve on the boards of 19 others. When he wasn't busy 
working on all these projects, Mr. Hanes somehow managed to find time 
to write a popular novel, ``How to Get Anyone to Do Anything.'' In his 
book, Mr. Hanes shares the wisdom he has gained throughout many years 
during his impressive career.
  Philip Hanes and his wife, Charlotte, are true treasures in the fifth 
district. I want to wish him a happy birthday and thank him for all of 
the wonderful things that he has done to help promote the arts and 
conservation in the State of North Carolina and throughout the country, 
and to wish him many, many more.

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