[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 77 (Thursday, June 15, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING DR. DONALD R. KENNON ON HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE U.S. 
                       CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

                                 ______
                                 

                          HON. NORMAN D. DICKS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 15, 2006

  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor and pay tribute to a friend 
who, today, is marking his 25th anniversary with the United States 
Capitol Historical Society. Dr. Donald R. Kennon is the Society's Chief 
Historian and Vice President of Scholarship and Education.
  A humble man, Dr. Kennon's career has been marked by accomplishment. 
He is the author of two books for the Society, including The Speakers 
of the House of Representatives: A Bibliography (Johns Hopkins 
University Press, 1985), and The Committee on Ways and Means: A 
Bicentennial History, 1789-1989 (Government Printing Office, 1989), and 
has edited more than a dozen volumes of the Society's symposia 
publications.
  He has been Chief Historian since 1987 after joining the Society in 
1981 as an Associate Historian. He holds a Ph.D. in American History 
from the University of Maryland and has taught as a visiting professor 
at the University of New Mexico. His doctoral dissertation focused on 
antebellum reform in a changing society, both legally and morally in 
the years surrounding the Civil War.
  He is treasurer of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, a scholarly 
organization founded in 1998 to garner public attention on writings and 
research regarding our nation's 16th president.
  Dr. Kennon has also very ably directed educational symposia, 
publications and outreach programs, while writing and lecturing about 
the history of this body, Congress, and the Capitol.
  An avid collector, Dr. Kennon has one of the area's largest 
collections of antique stereo graphic images, including many of the 
Capitol building and Congress. He has a keen sense of humor and loves 
baseball. When he's not at games, he collects antique radios and 
vintage slot machines.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to honor Dr. Kennon and I ask my 
colleagues to rise and join me in congratulating him on 25 years at the 
United States Capitol Historical Society and in wishing him continued 
success.

                          ____________________