[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 78 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E816]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO AMBASSADOR KENNETH M. QUINN

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2014

  Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor 
Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn for being named the twenty-third recipient 
of the Iowa Award by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad. This is a remarkable 
and well-deserved achievement for one of the finest citizens in Iowa's 
168 year history.
   The Iowa Award is the highest citizen award attainable from our 
great state. Established in 1948 by Governor Robert Blue and the Iowa 
Legislature, the Iowa Centennial Memorial Foundation bestows the Iowa 
Award approximately every half decade though a self-financed event. The 
foundation was created ``to encourage and recognize the outstanding 
service of Iowans'' in numerous fields and to recognize the ``merit of 
their accomplishments in Iowa and throughout the United States.''
   Knowing Ambassador Quinn and counting him as a close friend, I can 
think of no more deserving Iowan to be formally recognized for his 
service to our state, nation, and world as a whole. Kenneth will 
formally join this elite class of Iowans, including President Herbert 
Hoover, Dr. James Van Allen, Vice President Henry Wallace, and Dr. 
Norman Borlaug, when Governor Branstad presents Ambassador Quinn with 
the Iowa Award at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates in Des Moines 
later this month.
   Mr. Speaker, I have lauded Ambassador Quinn's astounding biography, 
service, philanthropy, and heroism previously in this hallowed chamber 
and I am privileged to reiterate that sentiment today. Ambassador Quinn 
has dedicated his life and his talents to assisting those in all 
corners of the globe and words cannot express the extent of his 
positive impact left on his colleagues, the State of Iowa, and 
countless individuals around the world. It has been one of the greatest 
honors of my career to represent and assist Kenneth in all that he does 
and his selection by Governor Branstad to receive the Iowa Award is 
affirmation that I am far from alone in my effusive praise and 
appreciation. I invite my fellow Members of Congress to join me in 
thanking Ambassador Quinn for his decades of unwavering service and to 
congratulate him as the people of Iowa proudly count him among our 
state's most storied and influential citizens.

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