[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 17, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1254]
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    A TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF ROBERT KIRKMAN ARNOLD

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 17, 2012

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Robert (Bob) Kirkman 
Arnold, who passed away on May 22, 2012 at the age of 88 in Palo Alto, 
California, surrounded by his loved ones. Bob is survived by his wife 
Carrie Knopf, his three children, Kirk, Kevin and Michael, their 
spouses and his three grandchildren; by Carrie's three children, Bret, 
Karen and Clay, their spouses and by her six grandchildren.
  Raised in San Francisco by his parents, Agnes and George, Bob 
attended Lowell High School where he was Senior Class President before 
graduating in 1941. He met his late wife, Margaret ``Peg'' Koshland, 
while attending the University of California at Berkeley. At 6'4\1/2\, 
Bob played center on the Bears basketball team, where he was known as 
``Hap'' Arnold. Bob and Peg were married in March, 1945.
  After World War II broke out, Bob volunteered for the U.S. Army but 
the war ended before he arrived in Japan. Upon returning home, he 
resumed his education at U.C. Berkeley, earning a Ph.D. in Economics. 
He moved to Palo Alto, where he and Peg raised their three children, 
Kirk, Kevin and Michael. Bob was an economist at Stanford Research 
Institute until 1969, when he and Stephen Levy founded an economics 
consulting business called The Center for the Continuing Study of the 
California Economy.
  Bob ran for Congress in 1968 on an anti-war platform. While he didn't 
win the primary, he won many hearts and minds. He was devoted to 
finding novel ways to educate the public on economic topics, and he was 
always ready to join a march, give a speech, or offer his support to 
help the causes in which he believed.
  Peg passed away in 1999, and in 2005, Bob married the lovely and 
wonderful Carrie Knopf from Palo Alto. Carrie and her late husband, 
Kermit Knopf, had been friends with Bob and Peg for many years. Bob and 
Carrie were inseparable and enjoyed 13 wonderful years together with 
their families.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending our deepest 
condolences to Mr. Arnold's wife, Carrie Knopf, and their entire 
family. Bob was a wonderful man who brought much joy to the lives he 
touched and he will always be remembered for his integrity, 
intelligence, storytelling, limericks, exuberant good humor and the 
unmatched positive energy and passion he shared with everyone. He 
bettered our community and strengthened our country.

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