[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 63 (Friday, May 19, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE BERT M. GOLDWATER

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 19, 2006

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of the 
Honorable Bert M. Goldwater, who died on May 3, 2006.
  Judge Goldwater attended schools in Reno and Stockton, California. He 
attended Stanford University for three years, and because of his 
lifelong battle with asthma, returned to the University of Nevada, 
Reno, where he graduated in 1936. He received his law degree from the 
University of Colorado in 1939, where he was the Editor of the Rocky 
Mountain Law Review. Judge Goldwater was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 
1939 and practiced both civil and criminal law. He was later appointed 
the United States Bankruptcy Judge in October 1979. After retiring from 
the bench in 1982, he joined Lionel, Sawyer and Collins Law Firm, where 
he practiced private law for more than a decade. Judge Goldwater was 
recalled to serve as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge by the United States Court 
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in October 1994, where he served until 
his death.
  Judge Goldwater was also very active in the Nevada Bar. He served as 
President of the Washoe County Bar Association, Secretary and Chairman 
of the State Board of Bar Examiners and Chairman of the National 
Conference of Bar Examiners. Judge Goldwater was also very passionate 
about education, serving as the president of the B.D. Billinghurst 
Junior High School P.T.A. and Chairman of the statewide Save Our 
Schools Committee. In the 1960's, he was appointed by the Nevada 
Legislature to serve as Chairman of the Citizens Committee on Taxation 
and Fiscal Affairs. He also served on the Nevada State Gaming 
Commission, the Nevada State Human Rights Commission, and was a 1964 
alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of the Honorable Bert M. 
Goldwater. His dedication to justice and community are admirable and 
should serve as an example to us all. He will be greatly missed by the 
community.

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