[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE HON. MYLAN ROBERT ENGEL, SR.

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 31, 2007

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, Mobile County and, indeed, the entire 
state of Alabama, has lost a dear friend and I rise today to honor him 
and pay tribute to his memory.
  Mylan Engel, a distinguished former State legislator, was a devoted 
family man while spending nearly 50 years of his life in the arena of 
public service. Mylan served in both the Alabama House of 
Representatives and the Alabama Senate from 1961 to 1970.
  During his career in the legislature, Mr. Engel was the chairman of 
the Mobile County delegation for 4 years and served as the floor leader 
under three governors. During this time and in the years that followed, 
he also served as chief attorney for the Mobile County Personnel Board. 
He never fully retired from practicing law until he suffered a stroke 
about a year ago.
  While a member of the Alabama Legislature, Mr. Engel sponsored 
countless bills that were later signed into law, but he is perhaps best 
known for his legislation to create the University of South Alabama in 
1963. Mylan was a member of the University's Board of Trustees from 
1963 to 1975, and he stepped down from the USA Foundation in June.
  Mr. Engel grew up on a farm in rural Summerdale, Alabama, where he 
developed a work ethic rooted in his Christian faith and instilled in 
him by his parents.
  Farming became his passion, and he continued to plant and harvest 
crops throughout his life. His family notes that Mr. Engel was known 
for giving away his new potatoes, corn, beans and watermelons. In 
addition, Mr. Engel was a 50-year member of the congregation at Grace 
Lutheran Church.
  Mr. Engel, a graduate of the University of Alabama, was a 
distinguished veteran of World War II. He served in the Rhineland and 
Central European campaigns.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering a 
dedicated public servant and long-time advocate for Mobile and south 
Alabama.
  Mylan Engel, Sr., will be deeply missed by his family--his wife, 
Rositha Engel; his four sons, Mylan R. Engel Jr., Mark Engel, Daniel 
Engel, and Tommy Whitman; his two daughters, Carla Meyers and Bonita 
Engel Amonett; his seven grandsons and two granddaughters--as well as 
the countless friends he leaves behind. Our thoughts and prayers are 
with them all at this difficult time.




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