[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 122 (Thursday, July 30, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO RICHARD DEAN ROGERS

 Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, as a representative of Kansas in the 
U.S. Senate, it is my honor to celebrate the public service of Richard 
Dean Rogers, a Kansan who has dedicated his life to serving his 
community, State, and country. Richard's professional achievements are 
as plentiful and diverse as they are impressive. Born in Oberlin, KS in 
1921, Richard Rogers went on to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps during 
World War II and then moved to public life as a county attorney for 
Riley County, city commissioner and mayor of Manhattan, KS, State 
representative, State senator in the Kansas Legislature. In 1975, 
President Gerald Ford appointed Rogers to serve as a U.S. district 
judge for the District of Kansas, beginning a lasting tenure that will 
soon reach 40 years.
  Judicial colleagues describe Judge Rogers as a role model whose long 
public life is marked by an amiable spirit, an unpretentious fortitude, 
and an unmitigated desire for the advancement and protection of all 
segments of society. Americans thank Judge Rogers for his service and 
contributions to the State of Kansas and the United States of America 
and wish Judge Rogers and his wife Cindy well as he moves to inactive 
senior status on August 7, 2015 and begins a new chapter of his most 
admirable life.

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