[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 181 (Thursday, December 19, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9047-S9048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      REMEMBERING WILLIAM SCRANTON

 Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, today I wish to remember and honor 
former Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton who passed away July 
28, 2013. In both his public and his private life, Governor Scranton 
was always working to serve Pennsylvania and the Nation.
  Bill Scranton was a descendent of colonists who came over on the 
Mayflower and his family founded Scranton, PA. He served in the Army 
Air Corps during World War II and was an assistant to Secretaries of 
State John Foster Dulles and Christian Herter during the Eisenhower 
administration.
  In 1960, Bill was elected to Congress and was dubbed a ``Kennedy 
Republican'' for his support of the President's programs, including the 
Peace Corps, urban renewal projects and the minimum wage. He would only 
serve 2 years in the House of Representatives, before he was elected 
Governor of Pennsylvania in 1962.
  As Governor, he signed into law legislation creating the State 
community college system, the State Board of Education, and the 
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, PHEAA. During his four 
years in office, unemployment went down and wages went up. Limited to 
one term, he left elected office in 1967, but that did not end his 
public service.
  Under President Nixon, Governor Scranton served as a special envoy to 
the Middle East and after the Kent State University shooting in Ohio in 
1970, President Nixon again called on him to serve, appointing him the 
Chairman of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest. President Ford 
also reached out to Governor Scranton to serve, appointing him 
Ambassador to the United Nations where he prioritized human rights.
  After leaving the United Nations, Bill Scranton retired. Throughout 
his life he was known as a man of integrity who said and did what he 
thought was right. In 2000, he received the Pennsylvania Historical and 
Museum Commission's Founders Award, which is given to a living person 
who represents the ideals of William Penn in individual rights, 
religious tolerance, representative government, public support of 
education, and free enterprise. Bill remained devoted to the city that 
bears his family name. He worked with various civic and charitable 
organizations and continued to advocate for economic development and 
job creation projects. His son, William W. Scranton III, followed him 
into public service as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 
1987.
  My thoughts are with his family and we thank him for his life of 
service to our Commonwealth and our country.

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