[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 175 (Wednesday, November 16, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN MEMORY OF ROLLIN POST

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                           HON. GEORGE MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 16, 2011

  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Eshoo 
and I rise in the memory of Rollin Post, a distinguished journalist, 
beloved husband, and proud father and grandfather, great American, and 
dear friend.
  Rollin was a radio reporter and then television journalist in 
California for more than four decades, spending most of his career in 
the San Francisco Bay Area. He was, quite simply, the best at his 
craft. He died on October 3 at the age of 81 after suffering from 
Alzheimer's disease.
  We also rise today to mourn the death of Rollin's wife, Diane Opley 
Post. After 57 years of a remarkable marriage, Diane survived her 
husband's death by only a month. She died peacefully at their residence 
in Corte Madera, California on November 6 at the age of 82. Diane, and 
her engagement in many important civic activities, will be fondly 
remembered.
  We will miss Diane and Rollin for their friendship. And we offer our 
sympathy to their three children and five grandchildren and we thank 
them for having shared their parents with us for so many wonderful 
years.
  Rollin was born in New York City in 1930 and received his 
undergraduate degree in political science from the University of 
California, Berkeley in 1952. He started as a radio reporter for the 
CBS affiliate in Los Angeles in 1954, switched to television in 1957, 
and moved to the Bay Area in 1961 where he spent more than 40 years 
working for three television stations--KPIX, the CBS affiliate, KQED, a 
public television station, and KRON, the NBC affiliate.
  Rollin represented the best of political journalism. His deep 
understanding and knowledge of the issues and the California electorate 
were unparalleled. His analysis of state and national events truly 
informed his viewers. When ``gotcha'' journalism became the norm in his 
industry, Rollin stayed true to his beliefs about what it took to be a 
really good journalist.
  Rollin informed himself before his interviews, asked his questions, 
and then asked them again if he didn't feel they had been properly 
answered. He was very tough but he was fair. He respected his viewers 
by holding politicians to high standards. Rollin was a man of high 
integrity, and his love of journalism and politics showed in every 
broadcast.
  Our country is poorer today in the absence of his excellent 
reporting.
  We ask our colleagues to join us in remembering Rollin Post and in 
honoring him for his efforts as a journalist to keep our country 
informed, its politicians honest, and the journalistic profession 
serious.

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