[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 135 (Friday, September 19, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING 2014 MISSOURIAN AWARD RECIPIENTS JIM GIGLIO, CLIF SMART, 
                             AND TOM STRONG

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                            HON. BILLY LONG

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 18, 2014

  Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate Jim 
Giglio, Clif Smart, and Tom Strong on receiving the 2014 Missourian 
Award.
  The Missourian Award recognizes Missourians who have positively 
impacted their communities, state, or nation through contributions in 
civics, arts, business, or politics.
  It is important that we strive to better the community we live in and 
it is apparent that these three men from Missouri's 7th Congressional 
District have continually done that.
  Jim Giglio served as an officer in the U.S. Army and taught at 
Missouri State University for 39 years. He has produced eight books, 
including one of my favorites `Call Me Tom: The Life of Thomas F. 
Eagleton,' along with the best seller out of the series on the study of 
John F. Kennedy in the American Presidency Series.
  Since Clif Smart joined the Missouri State University community in 
2007, he has not stopped working to better the school. When he became 
president in 2012, he immediately started to make new changes that 
would benefit the college and its students. Under President Smart, 
Missouri State University has met all five of its performance measures 
established by the Missouri Coordination Board of Higher Education and 
oversaw many improvements to the campus.
  Tom Strong founded Strong, Garner, Bauer P.C. in 1976 and is admitted 
to practice law in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. The 
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys awards the Thomas G. Strong 
Trial Attorney Award in his name to the attorney who is a great example 
of what a trial lawyer should be. He also authored a book that I 
thoroughly enjoyed titled 'Strong Advocate: The Life of a Trial 
Lawyer.'
  I am proud of the initiative these three individuals have taken to 
make the great state of Missouri the best it can be. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in congratulating them on this tremendous honor.

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