[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 111 (Monday, July 11, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING THE LIFE OF FRED SHEHEEN

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                           HON. MICK MULVANEY

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 11, 2016

  Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and mark 
the passing of Fred Sheheen, one of my constituents, a civil rights 
activist, and a true servant of our State.
  Fred was born in 1937 in Camden, South Carolina to Austin and Lucile. 
He graduated from Camden High School, and later with honors from Duke 
University. He dedicated his life to serving his fellow South 
Carolinian and those less privileged. As the head of the State 
Commission on Higher Education for nearly a decade, he was instrumental 
in helping to make the dream of higher education for all people a 
reality.
  Fred is survived by his wife of nearly fifty years, Rose, his 
daughters Maria and Margaret, and brothers Austin and Robert, and his 
grandchildren Austin, Joseph, Anthony, William, Robert, David, Olivia, 
and Thomas.
  Fred is also survived by his son, Vincent. Vincent and I served 
together in the South Carolina Senate, and I consider him a friend. 
Fred went to his grave knowing that his son is a good and honest man, 
an earnest public servant, a good father and husband, and a devout 
Catholic. I can think of no better memorial to any man than to have a 
son like Vince.
  Fred changed the lives of many for the better, and he will be missed. 
My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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