[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 41 (Friday, March 9, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E514]
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                IN MEMORY OF ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR.

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 9, 2007

  Mr. ANDREWS. Madam Speaker, this Nation has lost one of the great 
chroniclers of the American experience. I rise today to honor the 
memory of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning 
historian and a member of the Kennedy administration. He was 89 years 
old.
  Mr. Schlesinger was among the most prominent historians of our time 
and a widely respected observer of contemporary politics. As an author, 
he received a National Book Award for ``Robert Kennedy and His Times'' 
and a National Book Award and a Pulitzer for ``A Thousand Days,'' his 
memoir/chronicle of President Kennedy's administration. He also won a 
Pulitzer, in 1946, for ``The Age of Jackson,'' a chronicle of Andrew 
Jackson's administration. He was also widely described as the ``court 
philosopher'' of the Kennedy Administration.
  Madam Speaker, I celebrate the life of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., 
and he will be surely missed. He contributed a great deal toward our 
understanding of our Nation's past. His legacy of service to his 
country and his fellow man will surely be remembered for years to come.

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