[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 187 (Friday, December 7, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S15030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                     REMEMBERING FRANK STILWELL III

 Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I wish to honor Frank Stilwell III, 
a great Ohioan and a great American. Despite losing his eyesight at age 
7, Frank never accepted failure or special treatment. It is this 
unwavering drive that led him from the Kettering Public School District 
near Dayton, OH, to Georgetown Law School and eventually to the Federal 
Communications Commission, where he served as a Senior Staff Attorney 
in the Commercial Wireless Division. While at the FCC, Frank worked 
closely with tribal groups in Alaska to ensure cell phone towers did 
not blight sacred burial grounds.
  A longtime amateur radio enthusiast--in his youth he helped found the 
Far Out Amateur Radio Club in Dayton, OH--and an avid reader--often 
borrowing from the audio and Braille collections at the Arlington 
Public Library in Virginia--Frank was a happy, active, and passionate 
man, which is why his unexpected death last month at the age of 50 is 
so tragic.
  For me, Frank's passion and drive in the face of adversity is a 
reminder of what we are all capable of, and I hope this life lesson--
Frank's lesson to us--is not soon forgotten.

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