[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 113 (Thursday, July 10, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H6347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING JEROME KOHLBERG, JR.

  (Ms. HOOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOOLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor a great American. Jerome 
Kohlberg, Jr., was born on July 10, 1925. Although he is from New York, 
his mother was born in Portland, Oregon, and Jerome Kohlberg has always 
maintained close ties to my State.
  Few Americans have been as successful as Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. As a 
founder of Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts, one of the world's largest 
private equity firms, Jerome Kohlberg has been one of this Nation's 
preeminent financiers for more than four decades.
  After service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, Jerome Kohlberg 
earned three college degrees under the original GI bill. This past 
year, Jerome Kohlberg became deeply involved in the fight for a new GI 
bill for this generation of veterans. He established the Fund For 
Veterans' Education, a program to provide college funding for returning 
veterans from all 50 States. His idea--and with the recent passage of 
the new GI bill, it proved to be a brilliant idea--was to establish a 
model for what could be done for today's veterans.
  He is a role model for all citizens young and old. I am pleased and 
proud to note the accomplishment of this great American, Jerome 
Kohlberg, Jr.

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