[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1735]
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                     IN MEMORY OF MR. S. LEE KLING

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 9, 2008

  Mr. SKELTON. Madam Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Mr. S. Lee Kling of Country Life Acres, Missouri.
  Mr. Kling was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended the 
New York Military Academy and graduated from Washington University, St. 
Louis. He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952.
  Mr. Kling had a commitment to political service that broke the 
boundaries of partisanship. He worked as finance chairman for the 
Democratic National Committee and served as treasurer of President 
Jimmy Carter's re-election campaign and treasurer of Congressman 
Richard Gephardt's presidential committee. He received the Democratic 
National Committee's Distinguished Service Award in 1982. Mr. Kling 
also held fundraisers for several Republican candidates, and in 2006, 
Governor Matt Blunt appointed him to the Missouri Veterans' Commission, 
as well as the Missouri Development and Finance Board in the spring of 
2008.
  Mr. Kling's political dedication also extended to the international 
level. In 1977, he represented President Carter at the funeral of the 
president of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III. He co-chaired a committee 
for the ratification of the Panama Canal treaties. In 1979, he served 
as an economic adviser during the peace negotiations between Israel and 
Egypt. He was also a civilian aide to Secretary of the Army.
  Mr. Kling was appointed by President Clinton to head the Base 
Realignment and Closure Commission in 1995. Three years later, Gephardt 
asked him to head the Amtrak Reform Council. In addition, Mr. Kling was 
the chairman of the board of the Bames-Jewish Hospital Foundation and 
chairman of the Kling Co., an insurance, consulting and investment 
firm.
  Madam Speaker, Mr. Kling was a valuable leader, businessman, 
philanthropist, and public servant. I know the members of the House 
will join me in extending heartfelt condolences to his family: his 
wife, Rosalyn Kling; his four sons, Stephen, Lee, Allan and Frank; and 
his two grandchildren.

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