[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E35]
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                      HONORING JOHN A. DILLINGHAM

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 12, 2016

  Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I 
pause to honor a constituent of Missouri's 6th Congressional District 
and someone I am especially proud to call my friend, John A. 
Dillingham, upon being awarded as the 2015 Northlander of the Year by 
the Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce.
   John Dillingham grew up with a strong 6th generation Missouri 
heritage in Clay and Platte County, Missouri, with an education from 
Wentworth Military Academy, Smithville High School, and my alma mater, 
the University of Missouri. John also enlisted in the U.S. Army and 
served with distinction in Korea as a 2nd Lt. in the Lacrosse Guided 
Missile Battalion of the U.S. Army, was the 2nd Lt. Aide-de-camp, 
Division Artillery Commander of the 1st Infantry Division, and was 
presented with the Army Commendation Medal for his service.
   Corporately, John has been a Vice President of Loans for Traders 
Bank of Kansas City, Senior Vice President of Garney Companies for 16 
years, President of Dillingham Enterprises and has served as an 
Independent Trustee of Waddell & Reed.
   John is so widely respected throughout Missouri that he has served 
Republican and Democrat Governors, Senators, Congressmen and Mayors in 
positions such as the Kansas City Board of Police Commission, the 
University of Missouri of Extension Advisory Board, the Kansas City 
Agribusiness Council, Children's Mercy Hospital, and was a Charter 
Board Member of the Clay County Veteran's Memorial built in a park 
named after his good friend, Anita Gorman. He has also served as an 
Honorary Director of the Heart of America Council of the Boy Scouts of 
America, the Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Chairman and the 
Governance Chairman of Harry S. Truman Library Institute, as well as 
serving on the Kansas City Crime Commission and the National World War 
I Museum National Advisory Board.
   John has also been honored as a member of the Missouri Academy of 
Squires, an Outstanding Kansas Citian by the Kansas City Native Sons & 
Daughters, an Outstanding Missourian by the Missouri State Legislature, 
the Silver Good Citizens Medal by the National Society of the Sons of 
the American Revolution, an Honorary Director for Life of the American 
Royal, the Meritorious Service Award from the Kansas City, Missouri, 
Police Department, as a Sachem in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say, the Silver 
Wreath Award from the National Eagle Scouts' Association, and the 
Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America.
   Mr. Speaker, I could list at least 50 more organizations that John 
has guided and worked with over his very distinguished lifetime. 
However, I ask that you join me, John's wife Nancy, their sons, Bill 
and Allen, their families and the entire Northland community in 
congratulating John A. Dillingham on this accomplishment wishing him 
God's blessings in the years to come.

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