[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H3815]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ROBERT F. ELLSWORTH TRIBUTE

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a former 
Congressman from Kansas's Third Congressional District who recently 
passed. Robert F. Ellsworth served Kansas in the United States Congress 
for three terms during the 1960s. He was a proud Jayhawk, graduating 
from the University of Kansas, and he served our country admirably in 
both World War II and the Korean War as an officer in the United States 
Navy.
  He was known as a candid and independent-minded legislator during his 
tenure in Congress. A personal adviser to President Richard Nixon and a 
confidant of Kansas Senator Bob Dole, he also served as an ambassador 
to NATO and as the Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Gerald 
Ford. After leaving politics, he founded Hamilton BioVentures, a 
company focusing on investment in emerging life science technologies.
  He is survived by his wife, Eleanor; children William and Anne; as 
well as stepchildren John, Sarah, and William. My heart, and the heart 
of the Third District, is with him and his family during this difficult 
time.

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