[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E549]
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         A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF THE HONORABLE THOMAS A. GLAZE

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 17, 2012

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the late Thomas A. 
Glaze, a retired Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, who died on 
March 30, 2012, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, surrounded by his 
family.
  Judge Glaze served a total of 30 years on the bench, 22 of them on 
the Supreme Court of Arkansas. He was an advocate for fair elections, 
for legal assistance for the poor, for foster children, and for all 
children. He taught law and coached young boys' baseball teams, gaining 
inspiration from the boys he coached. He was a champion of the 
underdog, the underserved, and his community, and his family was always 
his first love.
  The per-curiam order memorializing his judicial career which was 
adopted by his colleagues on the Court upon his retirement sums up 
Justice Glaze's career.

       Justice Glaze is known by his colleagues in the legal 
     community as a defender of those unable to protect 
     themselves. A voice for children in need, he was an early 
     proponent of foster care reform in this state. Justice Glaze 
     advocated for the establishment of full-fledged courts for 
     children's issues and has long encouraged the appointment of 
     attorneys ad litem to represent children. John F. Kennedy 
     said, ``let the public service be a proud and lively 
     career''. It has been so for Justice Tom Glaze. To analogize 
     his legal career to the game of baseball, which has always 
     been close to his heart, Tom Glaze pitched a ``complete and 
     perfect game''.

  Judge Glaze leaves his wife Phyllis, his daughters, Julie Glaze 
Houlihan (John), Amy Glaze, and Ashley Glaze (Brett), and his sons Mike 
and Steve. I'm privileged to know Steve, who is married to my 
Washington Chief of Staff, Terri. Judge Glaze was also the devoted 
grandfather of eight.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending our deepest 
and most sincere sympathy to Steve and Terri Glaze and the entire Glaze 
family. Our nation has lost a man of justice who loved his country and 
its Constitution, and whose public life and service stand as a national 
model of a true patriot.

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