[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 35 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO CALIFORNIA CHIEF JUSTICE RONALD GEORGE ON THE OCCASION OF 
                           HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 11, 2010

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Chief Justice of 
California Supreme Court, Ronald Marc George on the occasion of his 
70th birthday and to thank him for his years of extraordinary public 
service to the people of California and beyond.
  Chief Justice George is married to his beloved wife, Barbara and they 
have three children . . . Eric, Andrew and Chris, and two 
grandchildren, Charlotte and Maya, daughters of Chris and his wife 
Rebecca.
  Born on March 11, 1940, Chief Justice George received his A.B. from 
Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and 
International Affairs in 1961, and a J.D. from Stanford University in 
1964. Currently serving as the 27th Chief Justice of California, he 
heads the Supreme Court of California as well as the Judicial Council 
of California.
  Chief Justice George has had a long and distinguished career. He was 
appointed to the Supreme Court of California in 1991 by Governor Pete 
Wilson after serving on the bench in the Los Angeles Municipal Court, 
the Los Angeles Superior Court and on the Court of Appeals. He also 
served as Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of 
Justice where he prepared six oral arguments and briefs for the U.S. 
Supreme Court.
  Chief Justice George served as the President of the Conference of 
Chief Justices, Chair of the Board of Directors in the National Center 
for State Courts, President of the California Judges Association, as 
well as many other activities and associations outside his work on the 
bench. He has been honored by numerous organizations including the 
Consumer Attorneys' Association of Los Angeles' Roger J. Traynor 
Memorial Award in 2009, the Bar Association of San Francisco's Champion 
of Justice Award in 2008, the American Bar Association's John Marshall 
Award in 2007 and the Legal Writing Institute's Golden Pen Award in 
2007. His accomplishments and recognitions are simply too many to name. 
In addition to his judicial commitments and volunteer activities, he 
takes time to lecture at numerous judicial education programs, law 
schools and events around the country to share his experience and legal 
expertise.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me 
in offering our best wishes to Chief Justice Ronald George on the very 
special occasion of his 70th birthday, and extend our gratitude for his 
integrity, his love of the Constitution and his exemplary leadership 
which strengthens California's judicial system and our nation as well.

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