[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 163 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          HONORING ROBERT ``BOB'' BARNUM OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 4, 2009

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today in 
recognition of Robert ``Bob'' Barnum, who is being honored as the 2009 
Lumberman of the Year by the Ingomar Club of Eureka. For over six 
decades, Mr. Barnum has presided over the family timber holdings and 
been a leader in the timber industry of northern California.
  A Humboldt County native and fourth generation Eurekan, Bob was born 
to Charles R. Barnum Sr. and Helen Wells Barnum in 1927. Bob began 
working in the forests in the summer of 1944, where he learned to 
cruise timber, survey boundaries and mark cutting lines. He enrolled at 
the University of California, Berkeley in 1945 and graduated in 1949. 
He attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. 
He married Patricia Boyle of New Jersey in 1949. Bob and Pat have five 
children, Patricia, Charles, Bill, Cathleen and Jane, as well as eight 
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
  Bob assumed management of the family timber business in 1953. He 
added to the family's timber properties and formed Barnum Timber 
Company in 1985. He was a founding director of Forest Landowners of 
California, an officer and director of many industry associations, 
including the Redwood Region Conservation Council and the California 
Forestry Association. He was appointed to the California State Board of 
Forestry in 1972, helping to oversee the implantation of California's 
landmark forest practices legislation.
  A lifelong Republican, Bob has proudly represented the region at the 
Republican National Convention in 1976, 1980 and 1984. His commitment 
to the preservation of our political liberty is worthy of appreciation 
and recognition.
  Madam Speaker, it is appropriate at this time that we recognize the 
contributions of Robert ``Bob'' Barnum to the community and to the 
industry which he loves, and for being honored as the 2009 Lumberman of 
the Year.

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