[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 125 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IN RECOGNITION OF THE PASSING OF CHARLES SHANKLIN

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2009

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Charles E. Shanklin, a Northwest Florida community leader who passed 
away on August 26, 2009. Charles spent his entire life serving his 
community and family, and I am proud to honor his life of dedication 
and service.
  Charles Shanklin was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1929. He attended 
Bowling Green State University and Ohio State University, earning his 
Juris Doctor in 1952. Charles became a brilliant and outstanding 
attorney at Baker & Hostetler in Columbus, Ohio, and served as the 
managing partner. He remained at the firm for thirty-two years. After 
his retirement from Baker & Hostetler, Charles became the owner and 
manager of Marion Steel in 1981, where he worked until 1989.
  In 1990, Charles purchased Crestview Aerospace in Crestview, Florida. 
He operated the company as a family business until 2006, when it became 
a part of the L-3 Communications Corporation. During his years in 
Northwest Florida, Charles became an integral part of the business and 
local communities. Over his lifetime, he worked with Bowling Green 
State University, the Sigma Chi Fraternity organization, the American 
Bar Association, Urbana University, and the Niceville Exchange Club. 
Charles was awarded Director Emeritus of Bowling Green in 2009, and the 
school endowed a meritorious scholarship in his name to recognize 
excellence in original research by graduate students.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, I am 
privileged to honor Mr. Charles Shanklin. Charles will be remembered by 
all as loving husband and father, a successful lawyer and businessman, 
and an important part of our Northwest Florida community. Vicki and I 
will keep his wife, Bernice, and children, Chuck, John, Tom, Jean, and 
Ann, in our prayers.

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