[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 149 (Friday, October 9, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1457-E1458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUDGE RICHARD D. CUDAHY

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                             HON. RON KIND

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 9, 2015

  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Judge 
Richard D. Cudahy. A Wisconsin native and member of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Judge Cudahy passed away on 
September 22, 2015.

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   Judge Cudahy was born in Milwaukee in 1926 and spent his childhood 
in Cudahy, Wisconsin. He attended college at the U.S. Military Academy 
at West Point, earning his degree in 1948. He served in the military 
until 1951 before attending Yale Law School, where he earned his Juris 
Doctor degree in 1955.
   In 1956, Judge Cudahy went to work for the U.S. State Department 
Office of Legal Adviser in Washington, DC, and then moved into private 
practice in Chicago in 1957. After serving as the head of his family's 
meat packing company, he ran for Attorney General of Wisconsin. He 
served as the Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman from 1967 to 1968. In 
1979, under the recommendation of Senators William Proxmire and Gaylord 
Nelson, President Jimmy Carter appointed Judge Cudahy to the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
   During Judge Cudahy's long legal career he was also a professor at 
many prominent law schools, including DePaul University College of Law, 
George Washington University Law School, Marquette University School of 
Law, and University of Wisconsin Law School. Judge Cudahy was well 
known for his writings on environmental law and public energy law, two 
issues about which he was extremely passionate.
   From being the head of a large meat packing company that provided 
many jobs to the citizens of Wisconsin, to teaching future lawyers at 
Wisconsin and Marquette, to being a highly respected judge that 
presided over many cases involving citizens of Wisconsin, Judge Cudahy 
was a model Wisconsinite. Judge Cudahy was exceptionally well regarded 
by his peers for being knowledgeable, kind-hearted, and humane. The 
state of Wisconsin will miss him and all of the wonderful things he did 
to benefit its citizens.

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