[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S1615]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO GREG KENDALL

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I rise today on behalf of myself and my 
wife Kathy to pay tribute to Officer Greg Kendall of Rye, NH, who 
retired on January 1, 2010, after 50 years of service as an educator 
and law enforcement officer. It is important for us to take a moment to 
recognize and honor Officer Kendall's long career as a dedicated public 
servant. Citizens like Greg Kendall ensure that our communities remain 
great places to live, work, and raise a family. The outstanding 
community service demonstrated by him is what inspires people to leave 
behind a better society than they found, and contribute to the 
betterment of their local community.
  Greg, whom Rye Police Chief Kevin Walsh describes as 
``irreplaceable,'' is both well known and highly respected throughout 
New Hampshire's Seacoast community, where he has served on the Rye 
police force and as an educator in the Rye and Seabrook school 
districts. Starting out on summer beach patrol in 1960 as a full-time 
officer, Greg continued to serve as a police officer on weekends while 
also beginning his career in education as a full-time sixth grade 
teacher at Rye Junior High School. Upon finishing graduate studies at 
the University of New Hampshire and the University of Maine, he became 
the principal at Rye Junior High School, where he continued to guide 
and shape the education and character of a generation of young students 
over the next 16 years. Following that, Greg taught in Seabrook for an 
additional 13 years, all while serving nights and weekends as a special 
officer in Rye. Since 2001, Greg has also been animal control officer, 
performing his duties with the same compassion, calm demeanor, and 
professionalism that he always brought to his shifts on patrol or 
lessons in the classroom.
  On a personal note, I had the pleasure of serving with Greg when, in 
the summer of 1968, I worked as a special officer on the Rye Police 
Force. The town of Rye, the people of the region and the State of New 
Hampshire are all better off for Greg's wisdom, skills, and experience. 
He is a friend and someone whose sense of humor, expertise and 
dedication I have always admired. Kathy and I join Greg's friends and 
neighbors in Rye in honoring him as an officer of the law, an educator 
of youth, and a motivator for us all. Thank you, Greg Kendall. We wish 
you the best in all your future endeavors; may they be as rewarding as 
those of the last 50 years.

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