[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H3351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REMEMBERING THE HONORABLE PETER FRELINGHUYSEN

  (Mr. SMITH of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise with sadness to inform 
the House of the passing late yesterday afternoon of one of the longest 
living former Members of the House, Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen. 
Congressman Frelinghuysen served in this House with effectiveness and 
distinction and honor between 1953 and 1975.
  Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen was born in New York City in 
1916. After graduating from Princeton University and then Yale School 
of Law, he served in the Office of Naval Intelligence during World War 
II. He was elected as a Republican to the 83rd Congress.
  When he first entered Congress, he served on the Education and Labor 
Committee, and after that as ranking member of the House Foreign 
Affairs Committee in the early 1970s. After being elected to 10 
successive terms in Congress, he retired in 1975.
  Of course, all of my colleagues know that Peter's son, Rodney, our 
distinguished colleague here in the House, is now in mourning, as is 
the rest of the family. So on this sad day, I would invite all of my 
colleagues to join me in extending to Rodney and his brothers, 
Frederick and Peter, and his sisters, Beatrice and Adaline, and their 
families, our deepest and most profound condolences.
  Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen was proud of his work in the 
House. He was loved by the people of New Jersey, and we thank him for 
his extraordinary legacy of service.

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