[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E35]
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                IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN HARRY ANDERSON

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 18, 2012

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 102nd 
birthday of Captain Harry Anderson who celebrated his birthday on 
October 5, 2011.
  Captain Anderson was born in Sweden on October 5, 1909. He emigrated 
to the United States at the age of ten in 1919. He had a passion for 
the sea at an early age and served as a Second Mate with the United 
States Merchant Marines during World War II. He eventually became a 
Captain with the Cleveland Cliffs in 1963 where he was Master of the 
Cliffs Victory, the Cadillac, the Frontenac, the LaSalle, the Pontiac, 
and Walter A. Sterling, the Edward B. Greene and the William G. Mather. 
He retired as a Captain from the Cleveland Cliffs in 1974.
  Following his retirement, Captain Anderson spent his time 
volunteering on the William G. Mather, which was docked as a museum on 
the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland. He is the oldest member 
of the International Shipmasters Association's Cleveland Lodge Number 
4.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in recognizing Captain 
Harry Anderson and wishing him a happy 102nd birthday.

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