[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 59 (Monday, April 18, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          IN MEMORIAM BRUCE MERRILL MAY 13, 1937-APRIL 9, 2016

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                          HON. KYRSTEN SINEMA

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 18, 2016

  Ms. SINEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of 
Bruce Merrill. Bruce was a prominent Arizona political scientist and 
pollster who taught and conducted research at Arizona State University 
for the past forty years. Bruce was an Arizona native who taught 
political science and conducted regular opinion surveys of Arizona 
voters and provided political commentary to news outlets.
  No elected official in Arizona was elected to office without the 
knowledge of Merrill's research. He was a factual, objective voice 
focused on finding out what Arizonan's wanted from their leaders. His 
perspective and deep knowledge of the Arizona electorate will be deeply 
missed.
  Bruce was also a U.S. Navy veteran who served as a liaison officer to 
members of Congress and other political leaders. He studied political 
research at Brigham Young University and joined the faculty at ASU in 
1970. He retired from the university in 1998 as a professor emeritus 
and served as a fellow for the Morrison Institute, a research center 
focused on public policy in Arizona.
  Bruce is survived by his wife, Janis, daughter Kathryn Sorensen, son 
Christopher and his wife's children, Laura Sonius, Brian Sandler and 
Heather Lautt and a host of grandchildren. Please join me in honoring 
his memory.

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