[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING ROBERT P. BILLER

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                          HON. TOM McCLINTOCK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 22, 2010

  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember the life of 
Robert Biller of La Canada, California. Bob was a gifted educator and 
passionate advocate for the students of California, and it is with a 
grateful heart I remember him today.
  Bob received his bachelor's degree from University of California, Los 
Angeles in 1959 and spent the next several years serving his country as 
the administrator at the U.S. Naval Ordinance Test Station in China 
Lake, California. He would go on to earn his master's and doctorate 
degrees from University of Southern California in 1965 and 1969, 
respectively, winning recognition from his peers and the Henry Reining 
Jr. Dissertation Award for his dissertation in public administration.
  Bob began his professional career in academia teaching at the 
University of California, Berkeley, where he helped establish the 
Graduate School of Public Policy and its Experimental Program in Health 
and Medical Sciences. He returned to USC in 1976, serving as the Dean 
of Public Administration until 1982. During this time, Bob raised the 
standard of education for the public administration program and raised 
the school's first one million dollar endowment as well as serving in 
leadership roles with the Deans' Council and the Budget Advisory 
Committee. Bob spent the next twenty years serving in various roles at 
USC including Executive Vice Provost (1982-1988), Dean of Fine Arts 
(1987), Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid (1988-1989), Vice 
President for External Affairs (1988-1992), Vice President for 
Undergraduate Affairs (1992-1993), Interim Dean of the School of 
Policy, Planning and Development (1998-2000) and he continued to be 
actively involved in university life after his official retirement in 
2001.
  Madam Speaker, it is without a doubt that through his commitment to 
education and service Bob Biller made USC a better place and its 
students better off. On behalf of the countless students whose lives he 
touched, it is my privilege to rise today in recognition of the many 
accomplishments and contributions of Robert Biller.

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