[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 61 (Monday, April 28, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CELEBRATING MR. JOHN KRAMER

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 28, 2014

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, we rise today in memory of John Kramer, who 
passed away on February 26, 2014, after a battle with cancer. A 
longtime Sonoma State University political science professor and icon 
of the North Bay progressive community, Mr. Kramer was a champion of 
social justice and environmental causes and an outspoken advocate for 
the issues in which he passionately believed.
   After a childhood in suburban Cincinnati, Kramer earned a bachelor's 
degree from Miami University and a master's degree in physics from the 
University of Illinois. In 1961, he volunteered with a program that was 
the precursor to the Peace Corps and helped build a community building 
in Guinea, West Africa. After receiving a Ph.D. in political science 
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, John joined the faculty of 
Sonoma State in 1970, lecturing hundreds of students during a 
distinguished career spanning more than 40 years. In 1987, he was 
awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study public broadcasting policy in 
Europe.
   Together with his wife, Nancy Dobbs, Kramer co-founded local public 
television station KRCB and was an active board member of Sonoma County 
Conservation Action, the political arm of the local environmental 
movement, in addition to his involvement in many other community 
organizations and pursuits.
   Mr. Speaker, John Kramer leaves a legacy of political action, 
education, and community service that will not soon be forgotten. It is 
therefore appropriate that we pay tribute to him today and express our 
deepest condolences to his wife Nancy Dobbs, and his children Annie 
Dobbs Kramer, Andrew Dobbs Kramer, and Ian Dobbs Dixon.

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